When starting my 1997 imprezza 2000 turbo, there is a distinct sound of water, it sounds like air is being blown threw water.
any help welcome.

chris

Does it have aircon fitted??
Sometimes you can hear the coolant start to flow around the system, nothing to worry about,it happens on most motors

My MY01 WRX does it too.?
I thought it was the cogs in the gearbox splashing the oil about,thats what it sounds like to me and its coming from that area.Anyone else??????

Hi yoza,
the sound seems to come from near the bulkhead or under the dash, and is quite loud. However it stops very shortly after starting, so it could indeeed be related to the air/con unit as discribed above..

Chris... I just picked my 94 WRX up today and noticed the same thing. Was wondering what it was myself. At least now thats one noise i know not to worry about... now i gotta figure out what the rest are :)

cheers,

Marty

i get this on my my99, non-ac. when i turn the ignition theres a swoosh sound that lasts a couple of seconds. maybe its some electrics initialising?

akshay, that sounds like the fuel pump priming as part of the cold start routine. If you don't get the noise when you restart a warm engine it's a possible source of the sound.

My MY98 makes a hissing sound for a couple of seconds when started up from cold

Probably your bearings going they don't last long on scoob's and would be well on there way out on a car of this age

And ford bearings dont go either :rolleyes: you need to get a life co55ie cos your boring the hell out of the rest of us :p
Does sound like the fuel pump, my scoob does this too.

Tony:D

mike p, yes u r right - it doesn't happen when the car is warm. thanks 4 that as i started 2 bug me.

co55ie - thnx 4 the input, but the sound is there when the car is stationary and just ignitioned, so doubt the bearings.