Strange Sound - Hissing Sound from Old Car Next to Me

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Old 08-22-2001, 07:16 PM
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Strange Sound - Hissing Sound from Old Car Next to Me

I was sitting at a stoplight next to an old El Camino. When the light turned green I heard a painful hissing sound coming from his car. My guess is it was over 110db. I don’t think the guy was racing, because he was moving so slowly. I had to speed up to get way ahead of him to spare my ears.

Could this have been a Cold Air Intake making this sound?
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Cool

Or a vacuum leak
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Supercharger probably.
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That is very very loud. Near pain threshold. Sounds like vacuum leak - supercharger is more of a whine.
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