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whistling 3500 v8

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:11 pm
by rod baker
hi all i cant seem to stop my sdi 3500 from wistling under slight load seems to come from throttlebody area have had it all of and cant improve it
rod

Re: whistling 3500 v8

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:48 pm
by ramon alban
rod baker wrote:hi all i cant seem to stop my sdi 3500 from wistling under slight load seems to come from throttlebody area have had it all of and cant improve it
rod
Hello Rod, that whistling is due to an airleak. Higher load induces manifold vacuum so air is being sucked in SOMEWHERE.

There are best part of a dozen places where this can occur.

Go to the plenum article on my website and it will tell you exactly how to find the problem.