Database of Funky Sounds

[atomicmedia]

I thought it would be nice to start a database of sounds that can be used to identify problems. Here is my contribution

Dirty Starter:

http://bigspaceship1.com/986-startup.aif

[Greg986]

Good idea!

[phillipj]

Great idea... Would save a lot of folks some grief... Example.. The loose spark plug "chirp" diagnosed by the dealer as an "engine replacement"

[Loren]

If you are going to do this I suggest you identify what the sound turned out to be.

Otherwise it is a database of "unknown" sounds.

[atomicmedia]

If you are going to do this I suggest you identify what the sound turned out to be.

Otherwise it is a database of "unknown" sounds.

I agree, but also unknown sounds could be identified by more knowledgeable people, and tagged as such. My particular sound - Dirty Starter - only happens about once a month, during cold starts in the morning, so I could never get my mechanic to actually hear it, until after about 20 tries I finally caught it on tape.

[atomicmedia]

Unknown cause at the moment

My 1997 porsche boxster is making this awful squeeking noise from the left side around the airbox area, can't seem to figure it out, any ideas?

Edited March 14, 2010 by atomicmedia

[Richard Hamilton]

Sounds like a loose spark plug to me.