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What is all the WHIRRING when I open my door?
Every time I open my car door (especially after sitting overnight), I hear motorized whirring from the front and back of the car. The whirring only lasts a few seconds or so. What is it?
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06-28-2020, 07:46 PM | #2 |
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I believe it's the fuel pump. It kicks on to pressurize the lines under the assumption that you're about to start the car if you just unlocked it.
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That is the official line. In fact, it's the gremlins.
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Seriously now...it's the flux capacitor kicking off the dilithium crystals, which produces the brief whirring sound.
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06-29-2020, 07:49 AM | #5 |
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But who is starting the flux capacitor? The gremlins!!
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06-29-2020, 12:02 PM | #7 |
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Yep believe it is the fuel pump as well. It definitely is high pitched and caught me off guard when I first got the car. Now I just think of it as the car screaming with excitement to see me
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06-29-2020, 10:05 PM | #9 |
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Yeah...mine is pretty loud. Sounds like a wind tunnel gets kicked on when I open the door. The sound gets amplified quite a bit in my garage and is fairly loud:-)
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06-30-2020, 01:25 PM | #10 |
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Electric fuel pump
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