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Old 11-07-2005, 11:10 PM
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Water flowing noise

im driving a old 89 toyota cressida. i got this little noise problem, but so far i dont know why it happens and it looks like its not effecting the car anyways. heres my situation
1. happens in cold weather (mornings, night)
2. when i give it a little gas, i can hear this wooshing/gargling sound. i think its most likely being the collant.

example: ill start my car in the mornings to go to school and ill back up my driveway. as i give it a little gas, you can hear the collant(maybe) being gargled/wooshing around. once i hit higher throttle, or rpm, it fades away. then ill come to a stop sign and acclerrate, again i can hear the wooshing/gargling sound comming from the engine. but once the engine is all nice and warmed up, the noise thing goes away.

im i missing a chuck of knowledge about motors? is this a major problem? whats going on. can anyone shed some light onto this. its like a mystery for me.
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Old 11-08-2005, 03:22 PM
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you are probably low on coolant, this will cause your heater core to become low on coolant and you'll hear it sloshing around.
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Old 11-10-2005, 02:14 PM
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My WRX has done the exact same thing on a few ocassions. Topping off with distilled water and/or coolant makes the problem go away. You probably have a little bubble in your system, and once the temp/pressure goes up in the system, you no longer hear the noise.
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Old 11-22-2005, 02:05 PM
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i have the same problem with my 00RS. but after I topped off the coolant at COLD temp, I would still get it from time to time...
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