Hissing Sound, T44TQ

[TM]

Michelin man hose would be the first place to check.

Second would be the hose to the ECU.

Those are the only two that make a loud hissing noise,
usually.

Leaks in these two places would generally kill your acceleration,
though.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of edkellock at juno.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 11:34 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Hissing Sound, T44TQ


My vote goes to the Michelin man hose.

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 22:54:23 -0700 "Larry C. Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>
writes:
> Okay,
>
> Looks like I have a leak somewhere on my 200Q. Searching for possible
> ideas. Symptoms:
>
> 1) Get nearly full boost from dash gage, car is chipped, usually sees
> 1.8 bar, now sees 1.7, car is still
>         relatively responsive.
> 2) Hissing sounds when boost gets to about 0.9 to 1.0 bar. It's not
> too
> quiet, sounds a little exhaust like.
> 3) Water and Oil Temps seem okay, so I'm not sure if it's right by
> the
> head.
>
> Any suggestions on where to begin to look, or how do I go about
> checking for the leak?
>
> TIA,
>
> LL - NY        '89 200Q, chipped to 1.8 bar, new nickname, (not)
> Cobra
>
>

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