What is wrong with my WRX? (swishy/watery sound)
02-10-2005, 09:41 PM
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What is wrong with my WRX? (swishy/watery sound)
So I start up my car '03 WRX this evening to run some errands, when I notice something peculiar--something I've never noticed before: when I rev the engine a bit (bumping the revs up to 2 or 3k (max), I can hear this liquidy/watery sound! (when the car was both cold, and warm).
It sounds like water running, or swishing.... but only when I rev it a bit.
What the heck could this be???
I have 34k on the ticker, and I recently had the 30k service done to spec at LIC Motorsports.
It sounds like water running, or swishing.... but only when I rev it a bit.
What the heck could this be???
I have 34k on the ticker, and I recently had the 30k service done to spec at LIC Motorsports.
02-10-2005, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobsport98
So, you can only cause it by revving the engine? And does it fade away after you let off the throttle?
Yes, exactly.
At idle, I hear nothing. I rev it, and it makes the sloshing sound. I popped the hood, and had my girlfriend rev it, as I had done, and I couldn't hear it... You can't even hear it in the drivers seat, with the window down. But with the windows up, it's a very distinct sound... something is sloshing.
02-10-2005, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by mexicanpizza
Speed up engine, speed up water pump, speed up sloooshy sound. 
Sounds reasonable to me. Am I just too ignorant to have noticed this before? I mean, that's entirely possible...
...but I'm almost certain I've never heard a sloshing sound when I rev the engine.
02-10-2005, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by n192da
Sounds reasonable to me. Am I just too ignorant to have noticed this before? I mean, that's entirely possible...
...but I'm almost certain I've never heard a sloshing sound when I rev the engine.
...but I'm almost certain I've never heard a sloshing sound when I rev the engine.
02-10-2005, 10:10 PM
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I recently noticed this as well on my 04 wagon. I have just under 31K miles, and I too got my 30K at LIC. ;x
Accept I only heard it at startup a couple times, its not consistant. I will check my coolant level tomorrow, and if I need more I will get some from the dealership since LIC is 1.5 hours from my house.
Accept I only heard it at startup a couple times, its not consistant. I will check my coolant level tomorrow, and if I need more I will get some from the dealership since LIC is 1.5 hours from my house.
