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PostSubject: Sounds like a watch being wound?   Sounds like a watch being wound? EmptyThu Oct 16, 2008 12:12 am

I hear a sound periodically that will repeat 3 - 8'ish times that sounds like someone winding their watch.. It's always when in motion and I hear it stronger than my wife (recently got married, still fun to say) smile but she says my hearing is bizarrely inhuman... lol..

so.. what is that sound? I figure it's some sensor or relay making adjustments or calibrations on the fly, but I have no way to "create" the sound.. I just hear it while driving most of the time...
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PostSubject: Re: Sounds like a watch being wound?   Sounds like a watch being wound? EmptyThu Oct 16, 2008 11:20 am

I'm pretty sure it's the "sniffer" that checks cabin temperature for the HVAC. The port for it is in the dash onteh drivers side. It is a little grille about the size of a quarter.

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PostSubject: Re: Sounds like a watch being wound?   Sounds like a watch being wound? EmptyThu Oct 16, 2008 12:27 pm

holy crap! I bet you're right! I'll put my ear to the hole next time I hear it.
I'll be damned.. thanks! That's been driving me nuts for almost a year now.. lol.
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PostSubject: Re: Sounds like a watch being wound?   Sounds like a watch being wound? EmptyThu Oct 16, 2008 2:43 pm

I guess it's one of the heater door actuators. I used to say there were little birds under the dash...
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PostSubject: Re: Sounds like a watch being wound?   Sounds like a watch being wound? EmptyThu Oct 16, 2008 2:45 pm

I've been wondering what that little thing ("sniffer") was but kept forgetting to ask.
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PostSubject: Re: Sounds like a watch being wound?   Sounds like a watch being wound? EmptyFri Oct 17, 2008 8:43 am

You can hear the heater doors move by changing the setting of the air flow control, or moving the temperature setting * a lot * in automatic mode to make the car move the heat/cool blend doors.

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