by "DarkCreamyBeer" (darkcreamybeer)
Published 09/20/2017 at 20:20
by "DarkCreamyBeer" (darkcreamybeer)
Published 09/20/2017 at 20:20
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I was walking the dog today and heard coming up behind me a distinctive whine. I said to the dog: “that’s a Ford power steering pump”, and of course I was right. It was at 12 year old Ford Escape. Possibly I just know that noise because my mother drove one of these during my formative years:
What other distinctive non-exhaust note noise could you identify makes or models by?
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
09/20/2017 at 20:25, STARS: 4
The engine fan of a GMT-400 Chevy truck.
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
09/20/2017 at 20:26, STARS: 1
Nissan starter motors. The one in my Frontier had & Juke sound very similar.
Also on the MR16DDT the cam shafts make a distinctive whine becausese ofthe coating on them. So Jukes & turbo Sentras are easy to ID. At low RPMs you hear little high-pitched noise, that the cam shafts. At high rpm it can me mistaken for the turbo.
"ToyotaFamily" (robbav35)
09/20/2017 at 20:29, STARS: 2
Starter on Ford’s 5.4 and older BMW V8's
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
09/20/2017 at 20:30, STARS: 2
Power Stroke turbo whistle.
"DarkCreamyBeer" (darkcreamybeer)
09/20/2017 at 20:33, STARS: 4
Honda starters (on I-4 cars at least) seem to have a very distinctive sound too.
"tpw_rules" (tpwrules)
09/20/2017 at 20:34, STARS: 0
Same for V6. I can always tell an Odyssey’s nearby.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
09/20/2017 at 20:37, STARS: 1
The starter of any late-90's mid-2000's straight-five Volvo is pretty much the same.
Also, the Mazda four cylinders of the mid-2000's have a very distinctive metallic sound sometimes that resembles the sound of a sword being unsheathed—not sure if that’s intentional or if they’re all broken.
Oh, and finally the groaning of some sort of solenoid in the transmissions of any late-90's early 2000's V6 Chrysler from the T&C to the Concord—a very distinctive whirring when it comes to a stop. Almost forgot that one, haven’t heard it in years since all those have since been junked.
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
09/20/2017 at 20:40, STARS: 0
Starters are a good one, I can tell a 6.0 Chevy starter or a V10 Ford starter a mile away. Exhaust is the easy one, of course.
On boats, I love to guess what kind of boat is going by without looking. You can often tell a pontoon boat from anything else because while it may have the same outboard engine sound as any other runabout, it is constantly working hard and doesn’t go by quickly enough for how hard the engine is working. Hear that? Still hear it? Still? Definitely a pontoon.
I used to be able to identify the specific boat going by, even from my bed. You hear a certain engine sound at a certain speed, it’s 2am, you hear people yelling to each other over the engine (from in the boat) and... yup that’s Bob or whatever. Oh wait, he sped up as he came around the point? Steve. Definitely Steve.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
09/20/2017 at 20:41, STARS: 0
They changed it around ‘06, the earlier V6's sounded markedly different than the newer ones that crank faster that appear in the Ody and MDX since around ‘07.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
09/20/2017 at 20:41, STARS: 0
They changed it around ‘06, the earlier ones sound markedly different than the newer ones that crank faster that appear in the Ody and MDX.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
09/20/2017 at 20:48, STARS: 1
Toyota trucks also have nosey PS pumps. Subi starters as well are very distinctive.
"BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo" (bluemazda2)
09/20/2017 at 20:56, STARS: 0
A lot of them.
Ford Ranger Vulcan V6 everything
GMT 360 starter motor
BMW F30 everything
VW EA888 1.8 Gen3 everything
B8.5 Audi A4 2.0T everything
I’ve spent too much time in each of these.
"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
09/20/2017 at 21:00, STARS: 0
VW 2.0T that sound inexplicably like a 5 cylinder.
DSG whine.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
09/20/2017 at 21:17, STARS: 0
4cyl OG Tacomas have a very distinctive startup noise, with both the starter and the chugging as it fires up.
"CodyVella" (codyvella)
09/20/2017 at 21:23, STARS: 0
Ditto on the Nissan starter motors. The starter on my VG33ER powered Xterra sounds the same as the starter on the 2.5L 2003 Sentra SE-R I just got rid of, which also sounds the same as the starter on my dads old 1.5L 1987 Sentra.
"TrickJos" (trickjos)
09/20/2017 at 21:25, STARS: 0
Fuel pumps on GMT 400 trucks. They make a high pitch whine that I can hear a long way away. I always know when there’s one in the vicinity.
"fintail" (fintail)
09/20/2017 at 21:26, STARS: 0
Old Chrysler starters. Honda starters. MB diesel clatter.
I remember the Ford power steering whine, too.
"CodyVella" (codyvella)
09/20/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 0
The Porsche 944 has a VERY distinctive injector tick. A lot of people mistake it for top end noise, but it’s just the injectors. They’re incredibly loud.
Also the power steering pump on every GM product ever built (but primarily J-Bodies), because every single one of them driving on the road right now is failing, and whining.
"arl" (arl1968)
09/20/2017 at 21:45, STARS: 1
The sad little warning whine from the ignition as the glow plugs heated up in 1970's Benz Diesels.
"Ssfancyfresh" (scotttt)
09/20/2017 at 21:56, STARS: 0
GM, ford, dodge starter and ignition noise for full size trucks.
"Brickman" (legomaniacman)
09/20/2017 at 22:02, STARS: 1
Any GM truck. Can’t hear myself think around those fans lol.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
09/20/2017 at 22:23, STARS: 0
They are crazy loud. They went to electric fans in ‘06. Mine is an ‘06 :D
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
09/20/2017 at 22:27, STARS: 1
When I lived right next to LAX I could identify the aircraft coming in by the engine sound. I could cheat sometimes because I knew which aircraft was coming in at any given time and could amaze friends and family by telling them the airline based on sound and time of day.
But for automotive sounds? It has to be the old Chrysler gear-reduction starter motors from the ‘60s and’70s. There was no mistaking that sound for anything else.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
09/20/2017 at 22:40, STARS: 0
Oh man, Ford power steering pumps are bizarrely distinctive. I grew up in Taurii, so I’m very familiar. Also the sound of a Vulcan at idle.
Chevy 4.3 V6 weird burble that they all seem to have, because 2/3 of a 350 and also they usually have leaky exhaust.
2000s Hyundai 4 cylinder starters, one of the most pathetic sounding starters ever.
I know there’s more, but it’s hard to think of them without hearing the sound.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
09/20/2017 at 23:01, STARS: 1
Old Subarus, that flat four sound is very distinctive.
"Birddog" (maintmgt)
09/20/2017 at 23:28, STARS: 1
I think the old S-10 and Astro with the 4.3 were even louder!
"Birddog" (maintmgt)
09/20/2017 at 23:30, STARS: 0
Yeah, the Chrysler starter sound was interesting. Especially the wind down.
"Andrew P. Collins" (andrewpcollins)
09/20/2017 at 23:35, STARS: 0
I always recognize Honda starters! (I’ve owned a lot of Hondas.)
"TrackDayIdiot" (trackdayidiot)
09/21/2017 at 02:22, STARS: 0
My family had an Aerostar as well. PS pump whined like a millennial. Another unmistakable sound is the old, huge Ford starters. ‘81 F250 and ‘69 Mustang had one. wwwwrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
09/21/2017 at 04:51, STARS: 0
I can - or could when they were a thing - always identify Ford Kent starters as fitted to the Mk1 and Mk2 Escort.
Also the original Mini (gear whine and the Renault 4. Modern cars are I’m afraid much of a muchness.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
09/21/2017 at 07:01, STARS: 0
Could be, they were all really loud.
"Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW!" (theduckduck)
09/21/2017 at 09:40, STARS: 0
Ford mod motors with bad cam phasers. ( click click click click)
"RT" (rt-p)
09/22/2017 at 05:47, STARS: 0
You could always tell when they were coming.
