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Old 11-30-2010, 09:37 AM
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55 rx8 - problems on acceleration

Has anybody had any problems with their rx8 on accelearion and a whoosing sound of air audible in the cab of the car upon driving?
mines a 55 plate only done 50,000 miles
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be more specific.
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Originally Posted by tippi1978
Has anybody had any problems with their rx8 on accelearion and a whoosing sound of air audible in the cab of the car upon driving?
mines a 55 plate only done 50,000 miles
He's in the UK guys.
Sounds like you have either a bad vacuum line or a problem in the air intake, before the manifold.
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didn't think they made 8s in 1955 ?
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its like the air is heard through the heater vents , drives absolutely fine apart from like a gush of wind sound coming into the car on acceleration in all gears. mothing heard on gear changes
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its like the air is heard through the heater vents , drives absolutely fine apart from like a gush of wind sound coming into the car on acceleration in all gears. mothing heard on gear changes
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at what RPM you hearing this? above 7k?
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posting up a sound clip would help imeasureably ....
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leak around nos nozzles or plate.

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I have the same problem, it is hard to describe. But as your driving your car it sounds like your window is slightly down. I think its a bad seal somewhere. Its kinda hard to check for it while driving. Ill have my passenger look for it next time i drive see what we find out. Also on the bad acceleration if you haven't gave your car a good tune up lately that could be the problem, like the coils are a big culprit if ur running bad ones.
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