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First time posting: whirring sound and no acceleration
Posted by Sara (more from Sara) on Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:14:23
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Hi.
First time posting here. Today my 1999 9-3 SE automatic (about 140,000 mi) started making a whistle/whirring sound when I boost it. It scared me, because it was kind of loud and sounded like an air leak. I pulled over and called an acquaintance who knows a bit about saabs and he said it sounded like "possibly a vacuum leak or maybe turbo related, but shouldn't be dangerous to drive to work and back"
So i went ahead and drove to work and back. But after he said "possibly turbo related" i kept an eye on that turbo needle and it did seem to correspond to the pitch of the sound/whirring. When i needed to boost to get uphill, it really had no guts, just a lot of whistling sound. Scary.
So if it's nothing, what is it? vacuum leak? Should i ask my friend to help me change my vacuum hoses? (how many, what type and where are they)... I can pass that on if you can point me to the right info.
Or if you think it's turbo related, its probably expensive and beyond me or my friend's expertise to repair?
Thank you for helping me get to the bottom of this.
Sara
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