A few strange issues today...

[simdel1]

Maybe its just the cold and the snow, but the 944 has been a bit grumpy today.

On the way to work I noticed that the fuel economy gauge has stopped working. As all the other gauges are working as well (or as badly - fuel gauge[&:]) as before I'm guessing it's probably a loose vacuum pipe somewhere.

When I started it up to come home from work, the car started to emmit a strange wailing noise. The volume increased with revs. I parked up and gave it a few blasts of the throttle and the noise went away. I'm totally baffled as to what that was! It was almost as if someone had bolted a wind instrument between the air filter and the MAF.

And then on the way home I went to McDonalds. Maybe the car is worried about my health, but it wouldn't allow me to wind the window down to make my order. I had to open the door! I spent the whole time after ordering pressing the window switch up and down and eventually it started working again. What on earth could be causing that? Dodgy connection on the switch?

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Dodgy connection on the switch?

Yes []

 

[bmnelsc]

Your whistling noise may be related to your economy gauge ( a vacuum gauge no doubt ). Your window switch trouble is likely down to humidity/condensation inside the door. As Mike indicated - time to clean the connections or at least give them a squirt of WD40 if you can't get them apart.....

 

[zcacogp]

Wailing noise could just be cold belts. They do get noisier in cold weather, and the noise increases with revs. And stops when they warm up.


Oli.

 

[JamesO]

The economy gauge is electronic.

 

[colin944]

Sounds like your car has a cold.If you were left outside in this weather you would have a few problems as well.Best to go round all the dodgy conections with a bottle of night nurse (wd40 bitof emery paper etc) and then she will be fine.Although ultimately roll onh the warmer weather.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO Bless you!