Engine whistle

REDNECK13F

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2001 HYUNDAI SANTA FE
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
124,000 MILES

2001 Hyundai Santa Fe has a whistling sounds in the engine compartment, what is it

Sunday, May 29th, 2011 AT 10:45 PM

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SATURNTECH9

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Does the whistle go away when you give it gas when your in park?Another words is the whistle noise only there at idle?

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Monday, May 30th, 2011 AT 1:17 AM

REDNECK13F

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No it is there consistantly. I know that it is not a belt. It is a whistle.

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Monday, May 30th, 2011 AT 2:41 AM

SATURNTECH9

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So if you give it gas does the noise get louder?Can you tell what are the noise is coming from?Belt area etc?

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Monday, May 30th, 2011 AT 3:11 AM

REDNECK13F

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It does usually get louder. It seems to come from the right side of the engine as you are looking at it. It is not the belt side, but I could be wrong to exactly where it is coming from.

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Monday, May 30th, 2011 AT 3:55 PM

SATURNTECH9

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The first thing you need to do is figure out what general area the noise is coming from. Usually when you get a whistling noise like your getting it's engine vacuum escaping from a leak somewhere. If you let the engine idle and get some carb spray and spray around the intake all the vacuum lines and nipple's etc. Listen for a raise in rpms or a decrease the engine could stumble miss or die. If it does any of those thing's while spraying in a certain are then you have a vacuum leak in that area. Let me know what you find. Just be careful spraying around the hot exhaust etc.