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stephenmeade · 03-23-2014, 02:58 PM

I'm just wondering if this is normal, and I'm being paranoid, or something that requires attention. Sometimes, when under light throttle I'll hear a weird resonance sound from the passenger side of the car. If I push a little deeper into the throttle, it goes away, but there seems to be a zone of throttle opening that results in it.

The sound is very hard to describe...if I didn't know better I'd say it's a honky, resonant intake, but it's the wrong side of the car. To my ears it also sounds like an idler pulley with a failing bearing. I'm just wondering if this is a "they all do that" scenario or something I need to have looked at.

03-23-2014, 02:58 PM	#1
stephenmeade Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tustin, CA Posts: 9	Part Throttle Resonance Sound I'm just wondering if this is normal, and I'm being paranoid, or something that requires attention. Sometimes, when under light throttle I'll hear a weird resonance sound from the passenger side of the car. If I push a little deeper into the throttle, it goes away, but there seems to be a zone of throttle opening that results in it. The sound is very hard to describe...if I didn't know better I'd say it's a honky, resonant intake, but it's the wrong side of the car. To my ears it also sounds like an idler pulley with a failing bearing. I'm just wondering if this is a "they all do that" scenario or something I need to have looked at.