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We don't run Methanol.

The noise is close to the grilles, water pump-altenator-radiator fan are away. It's like the blower fan to have some voltage (not proper) and try to spin a bit. @robchap here is about the dashboard removal. Here from mine.

Although ancient Greeks (Aristotle and Eyclides) say it and apply it first the other people know it as: Reductio ad absurdum. Soon or later we will find it, the sound is like a fan blade which barely touches something, i think it's a metallic noise and not plastic one (for example a teflon made gear moves back and forward).

Shell uses Ethanol for some years now. In USA also https://canadiancorvetteforums.com/threads/ethanol-is-now-at-every-gas-station.62290/

Here are some examples: https://www.drive2.ru/l/488977835835261519/ https://www.drive2.ru/l/575590764801687759/ https://www.drive2.ru/l/2844587/ The phrase for Google search is: Снятие обдува Шкода Фелисия There is a mechanism in the first switch which controls where the air will be sent (driver, windshield etc), maybe this is stuck and it's under voltage continuously.

You mean from fhe engine bay side? No, some Russian sites have with the a/c blower out.

@brefs No problem with your english, many members here (me included) are in the same condition as you. As for the protective fender flares why you screw them and don't use windshield glue?

I have seen mechanics using a long screwdriver to spot the source of the sound, the nose touching different areas and the grip touches the ear. In the past i faced another situation, a small hand drill for carving, the switch on the power supply (had potentiometer for adjusting the rpm) was in Off position but still i could hear a very small sound ''Zzznnn'' like the drill was try to spin (but i didn't managed). The problem was in the switch, looked Off but wasn't 100%, a contack cleaner spray and everything OK.

@robchap If you had a/c i could say it's the air recycle motor, i had a problem in the past with it causing noise thst i could hear it because was stuck in On position. Nevertheless i would unplug everything and use some contact cleaner (with no oil). I am in smartphone, i can hear it good here in work but sounds like an axis of a fan always under voltage which tries to spin it but i can't because the blades are touching something.

Something relative but not the same, 2 times i the oast i had a continuous noise ("tzzzzz") from engine bay even when the car was off and the key removed. I could hear it while i was sitting inside, he made me mad because i couldn't let it like this all night. What it was? From the car alarm a plug from it's ground, due to moisture was a bit wet and was causing that cicada noise in it's contact. Did the previous owner had installed a device like GPS Tracking?

One of the first post that i read about Koni Rebuild work at 2006, one of the most respected members in an auto-forum, more that 30+ years in repairs-modifications etc itself and knowledge of many brands-quality of parts etc. "As the Judge (nickname) said, send them to KONI, we buy KONI for 2 reasons, they are very good and repairable, don't think about it at all, the cost is several times less than buying new ones."

I was reffering to the road of the @nta16 photo, no problem with the horsepower. One of my favourite car shapes was this:

If has not potholes and it's wide enough for an overtake then it's fine.

(Translated) IT IS HERE! The campaign was a success, and after a month of modifications to the car, we are leaving for the coldest permanently inhabited place in the world. To the Yakut region in Siberia - to Ojmjakon! This is the only video that has been released yet, the rest of this life journey will begin to be released after our return, in May at the earliest. Fingers crossed, we'll need it. About the Ojmjakon. https://weather.com/travel/news/breathtaking-photos-coldest-city-world-20140128 https://irishweatheronline.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/ojmkjakon-the-worlds-coldest-village/ Best of luck guys ! 🙏

Oh yes.

The GR road in an obsolate area in the country without lanes is this If you are a local guy and know that road extremely good then you can move a bit faster than normal, if you are not local guy and see that part of road you slow down. For sure a road like this it's not proper to test your new suspension-brakes-tyres, you must be careful all the time.

Very nice Mountain route but i wonder why the lines are _ _ _ (in GR means you can make an overtake) and not solid = which means you can not chane a lane. For example in 0:43 there is a turn with such marks but who would dare to make an onerturn there? In GR country road mainly is like this: Maybe you can find in an obsolete area a road like this https://images.greece.com/panoramio/07/23/06/57/5974c766a8e2f.jpg but it's wide and personally i would feel very unsecure to drive fast in a British country road like this: No lanes but mainly no good vision ahead.

I meant comparing to a chrome tube that some air intake systems use. Supposed that reflects the heat and gets cooler sooner.

Every time i want to oil the mechanism or clean the throttle body or clean the MAP i had to remove it (3 screws). The plastic absorbs heat from the engine and preserve it, it's not metal plus without it the area above the manifold could be more ''free'' for air circulation. I wish i could make the same.

57 here. In Mountain routes: eyes first on the road ahead, a glance at rpm and coolant indication and ears to the sounds of tyres (and in case to possible strange noise from gearbox-steering). No music in purpose (distraction).

I saw that snaphot and i remembered your post, in the video didn't say which placed that road test was made. Fot sure. There is no fun for me to drive in dangerous roads, if in every corner there is a risk for another car to show up and both of us try to fit in a narrow space then it's a crash gamble. Same every day road, classic cars plus Kit-cars can use it. Even in a road like this which considered in GR as "very dangerous" i can drive a bit fast, if there are no lines or not enough space for two vehicles then NO.

Aston martin DB 12 test. To me looks dangerous, the road it's not wide no white lanes and trying to drive sport style (to test a suspension or tyres etc) for me would be a nightmare.

The experiment was i tried to ''simulate' the factory hose and the Γ shape of the factory plastic cover (Yellow line) with a tube like this which is very flexible, and IF the experiment was successful i would replace it with something more robust as a silicone or plastic hose. After cut it in proper length, make the curb above the throttle and seal it in the bottom to be tight with the throttle body i slowly lowered the hood but there was a touch so i stopped. For sure i didn't want to lower the hood, squeeze the tube and let it like this, someone may say: yes that's the factory design look, at a spot it's a bit compressed but there is no comparison to a hard factory plastic and a squeezed cheap tube plus every time i was lifting the hood the look of that tube would be bad. So for now i will keep that plastic cover although i don't like it.

I hate that cover but i had to keep it. After all these years in the left side has a small gap and makes a noise (like something is uncliped) which makes me extremely nervous but i can not ''copy'' the factory desing whith something else.