hi i have a bugeye sti my52
what happens is when i start it up and say move it up and down my drive i get a rushing of water sound in the footwell area passenger side

and get it sometimes if sat at a junction waiting to pull out
it only happens when you rev it slightly
does anyone have any idea cuz i aint got a scooby doo!!!!

 

I get this from time to time with my My02 bugeye..........sounds like a small waterfall under the passenger side glove box.

I solve the problem by turning the radio up a bit...it seems to have worked for the last 5 years without any ill effects

Shaun

 

your right mate its coming from the glove box area

good advise in wacking the tunes up but i like to hear the rumble more

 

Apparently it's water circulating around the heater matrix.

 

nice one mate thats all i wanted to know what it was and where the noise comes from

top geezer

 

it funny you mention this becasue over the last few days i've been driving with the radio off and have noticed this in mine.

Now i've noticed it, i can't help but hear it everytime i drive it now.

Weird, but they do say the sound of water has a calming effect. . .good for road rage!?

 

cant beat the old bout of road rage even if you got what sounds like a river running through ya dash board

 

i get it aswell, i just thought i was hearing things!!

 

i have this in my 03 sti mentioned it ti scoobyclinic when i was there and they told me as above problem is the the gushing noise is louder than the standard stereo

 

Guys,

You normally get this if your water level in the header tank is a little low. Used to get it in the 300 after I changed all the hoses for Samco ones.

When its cold take the top off the header tank and top it up to the top. Run it and do the same over again until the noise disappears and the water level remains @ the max

Gus

 

thank you,its been driving me nuts !

 

It's Borat p*ss*ng in your footwell!!

 

I only seem to notice it shortly after moving off from starting engine and it always seems to happen after it's rained - so I had assumed it was excess rainwater running down the drainage channels through the window posts or something similar.

 

I've heard this a few times too