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[Plan_B]

There is a loud noise coming from the front driver side of my car, sounds like a clodeged vacuum cleaner?

[T5BRICK]

did one of your vac lines come loose?

[Plan_B]

did one of your vac lines come loose?

[T5BRICK]

i dunno what a bad air pump sounds like(or even where it is located in our cars), but i'll throw that idea out there too.

[WhiteT5]

evap canister hose / evap valve hose most likely. To my knowledge, T5-R's don't have air pumps. C'mon Grant, don't be afraid to tinker with stuff and get your hands dirty .

[T5BRICK]

To my knowledge, T5-R's don't have air pumps.

is this just T5-Rs or all T5s?

anyway Grant, if you don't wanna poke around under your hood i could come by and take a look. i know exactly where the evap valve is since mine has been giving me problems over the past few months. i'd just have to follow the lines from there.

it is possable that a line just popped off due to the higher boost you are running.

[Plan_B]

evap canister hose / evap valve hose most likely.  To my knowledge, T5-R's don't have air pumps.  C'mon Grant, don't be afraid to tinker with stuff and get your hands dirty  .

When Grant tinkers, things break, or get worse

[Plan_B]

When Grant tinkers, things break, or get worse

He's right there is no airbox. I took it by a Volvo mechanic and of course the noise stopped, but he did look at my rotor and wires and said they totally need to b ereplaced along with the seal, cause it's leaking alittle bit


Come on over Andy, you know where I live.

[T5BRICK]

He's right there is no airbox.

just wondering if this is true for my car as well.

Come on over Andy, you know where I live.

heh, i'm not too sure i could find it again. i was just following the convoy of Volvos.

[Plan_B]

just wondering if this is true for my car as well.
heh, i'm not too sure i could find it again. i was just following the convoy of Volvos.

Dunno......................

Can't wait to get my rotor and wires replaced though

[T5BRICK]

Can't wait to get my rotor and wires replaced though

yes! maybe you'll get better than 17.4MPG now!

[beachnut]

evap canister hose / evap valve hose most likely.  To my knowledge, T5-R's don't have air pumps.  C'mon Grant, don't be afraid to tinker with stuff and get your hands dirty  .

Agreed. Are you getting any codes? You'll probably need a new evap valve.

[Plan_B]

Agreed. Are you getting any codes? You'll probably need a new evap valve.

I do not have a code reader and there are no lights that have come on

[MrWinkey]

There is a loud noise coming from the front driver side of my car, sounds like a clodeged vacuum cleaner?

Thats the air pump...Good description

[Bay13]

http://www.volvospeed.com/Repair/airpump1.php

Look at the above link to see if you have an air pump, it also describes the normal operation. Could be your noise.

[Zappo]

yes! maybe you'll get better than 17.4MPG now!

Well, since most of his driving is city, he isn't going to get much better than that.

[T5BRICK]

http://www.volvospeed.com/Repair/airpump1.php

Look at the above link to see if you have an air pump, it also describes the normal operation.  Could be your noise.

i've looked under his hood before and everything looks just like my car. neither of us have that hose running out of our airbox and under the battery tray.

i'm wondering why some cars have an air pump while others do not.

[T5BRICK]

Well, since most of his driving is city, he isn't going to get much better than that.

a new cap, rotor and wires isn't going to hurt anything though.

on another note, i took his car for a drive and hot dang!! that ST chip makes a big difference. he just needs a boost gauge now.

[Plan_B]

a new cap, rotor and wires isn't going to hurt anything though.

on another note, i took his car for a drive and hot dang!! that ST chip makes a big difference. he just needs a boost gauge now.

When I stopped my car before I got home that noise came back then went off, I heard a relay click off then it stopped>?


I just love Rich and all his helpful links!

[Plan_B]

But again, I do not thing my car has an air pump.