Mikef Posted October 8, 2003 Report Posted October 8, 2003 Theres a noise on my Galaxy that I just noticed last week....I have a 2002 tdi, 115bhp... When I start the engine, there is a 'droning' noise (I described it listening to a vacuum cleaner in the distance). You can hear it over the engine at first, then it fades away. The noise carries on when the engine is turned off, but stops after a minute or two. It seems to be coming from the passenger side, but I can't pinpoint where... Anyway, I dropped my daughter at a friends house this morning on my way to work, so I got to turn off the engine after it had only been on for maybe three minutes, and the volume of this noise was amazing! I honestly thought there was a low flying plane overhead...the noise died away after a minute or so back to a quiet drone again. What does the team think? Something pump related? Cold morning starts? It is driving me potty (and I haven't even started on the new dashboard rattle!). cheers mike Quote
Ivor_E_Tower Posted October 8, 2003 Report Posted October 8, 2003 Noisy motor for auxilliary heater? Noisy electric coolant pump?Where is it coming from - under bonnet, or under floor in middle of car? Quote
Jeff115 Posted October 8, 2003 Report Posted October 8, 2003 Hi Mike, If it sounds like a jet turbine, kicks in on cold mornings, emanates from underneath the second row, passenger-side, and gives a smell like 'parrafin heater in her kitchen that ran off Esso Blue' then my similar queries were addressed by the lads here http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/Forum/index.p...t=ST&f=62&t=879 otherwise TURN the stereo UP VERY LOUD ;) Jeff. Quote
Mikef Posted October 8, 2003 Author Report Posted October 8, 2003 Jeff - thanks for your note, thats an almost perfect description! It scared the heck out of me today... What does the aux heater do? Is it to heat the Diesel? What bugs me is that the quieter whining noise was there when I took the car out at lunchtime, you could hear it when I turned the engine off, stopped after a minute or two. Not sure what my workmates thought of me lying on the floor of the car muttering to myself about whining noises tho.... Couldn't quite pinpoint the source of the drone, but this mornings jet engine noise was definitely from the rear. Any other diesel types have a high pitched whine run for a minute after the engine gets turned off? cheers Jeff Mikef Quote
iainkirk Posted October 8, 2003 Report Posted October 8, 2003 Auxiliary heater is for heating YOU on cold days. Comes on automatically when outside temp is below 7c and you turn ignition on. It heats the car until the engine temp gets high enough to take over. Runs on after you switch off, hence the strange noise! Quote
Mikef Posted October 9, 2003 Author Report Posted October 9, 2003 Cheers Iain, rad all through those other notes now...I was bothered because I'd have thought yesterday it would have been warm enough in the afternoon to have not come on or the engine would have been warm enough after 30 mins of driving...but sure enough there was that quiet whining noise when i turned the engine off (not the loud jet noise, the quiet drone...) BTW, some of the other notes mention those TIS cds that I have seen on Ebay, are they worth getting? thanks all Mikef PS - this forum really is worth its weight in gold, lots of interesting comment and no silly spats like you often find.... Quote
Ivor_E_Tower Posted October 9, 2003 Report Posted October 9, 2003 TIS CD is worth it if you intent to do any "poking around" and fixing. It's quite hard to work through some bits of it, and it does not seem to cover the basics as it's aimed at Ford garage workshop staff.You should be able to pick one up on e-bay for under a fiver. Quote
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