What noise ? Stereo up to 11 to mask strange sounds from yr shite

[clayts450]

My dad was the ultimate 60s/70s/80s shite buyer - his CV of ramshackle £50-£100 bangers was impressive, but that's for another day.

 

Anyhoo, whenever the family heard one of his exquisite buys making a strange and very expensive sounding noise he'd simply say "What noise ?" and turn the radio up. Incredibly it'd work, until MOT time....

 

Clearly this is a genetic trait he has passed onto me.

 

My Streetwise has a very noisy fuel pump, which sounds like I'm driving around with a swarm of bees in the boot. This is a 'feature' of some 25/ZRs apparently (fuel tank needs to be dropped for a replacement pump) and a number of owners have been driving around with 'the noise' for 4-5 years.

 

Which leads me to ask - what strange noises does your shite make, and do you crank up the toons to drown it out ?

[Bobthebeard]

No.... I turn the radio down and worry...

[Mally]

I'm deaf. Sorted!

[jonny69]

Mine have got plenty of which I just choose to ignore, turn the stereo up (Inshite - mostly rattles) or put my earphones in so I can't hear (Anglia or Shitroen - quite a few). It's always good to be able to tell what's just an NCN* and what's about to become imminent death.

 

*Non Critical Noise

 

Which leads me to ask - what strange noises does your shite make?

 

I should point out that one of mine is a Citroen Ami. All the noises it makes are slightly strange.

[beko1987]

I turn the stereo down until I've analyzed the noise, checked it gets no worse over a few journeys then go back to loud music!

[bunglebus]

Noises, especially interior squeaks and rattles, are hunted down and eliminated immediately!

 

Mind you my Mk5 Escort shape Onion had a knock right above my feet on the firewall for months. Only when I had to replace a punctured tyre on the A12 did I note that the anti-roll bar, while attached everywhere it should be, was waggling about in the breeze. Only then did it cross my mind about the moment months previously, when during an impressive reverse-flick turn in the local Asda car park, there was a loud bang from the front of the car. No obvious problems could be found at the time, so I carried on regardless. The broken end of the anti-roll bar had been knocking against the firewall...

[Chris2cv]

I did this for years! If you can drown it out then it isn't serious!  Then the radio broke. Now I worry about every noise, should really just fix the radio.

[mercrocker]

No car radio I possess is capable of drowning out any noise from any of the vehicles they dwell in.    However, it might well be easier/cheaper to upgrade ICE than deal with the faults. 

 

This week's hot tunes are - 

 

Irritating squeak from rear of Minor - could be masked by copious amount of Papa John Creach-style violin

 

Massive cocophony of rattles and sizzles from Cowley driver's door (accompanied by shocking bang as window glass occasionally plummets four inches).  Need some skiffle here.

 

T25 wishbone bush reminding me of its desire to take its pension accompanied by an occasional shouty tappet.    Three piece rockabilly with female singer should sort that.

 

Something drive-belt related from front of Merc (it's had a new snake so I expect an idler or tensioner is on its way out now).    Some of Glenn Miller's more up-tempo numbers will help. 

 

If the worst happens then at least it will make the wait for the AA go a bit quicker.