Sounds like an asthmatic Darth Vader is behind my dash.......

[fatscoleymo]

Not all the time, but when he is he's breathing in every 2 or 3 seconds.......

 

Anybody got any clues?

 

Thanks. 

[skomaz]

How's your A/C?  That sounds like a case of low refrigerant level to me.

[superbdreams]

I bet it is the ac compressor , mine has done it from new but louder as it aged. turn off ac and it will stop to prove it.

[fatscoleymo]

Cheers for ideas...  The A/C was charged during the summer. I will turn off a/c and see if Darth takes a break.

 

Thanks.

[BlackRose79]

On 13/11/2023 at 18:35, fatscoleymo said:

Cheers for ideas...  The A/C was charged during the summer. I will turn off a/c and see if Darth takes a break.

 

Thanks.

Did you ever find a solution for this mate? I have the same thing, or as my missus says, "there's a kettle boiling behind the glove box".

[fatscoleymo]

1 hour ago, BlackRose79 said:

Did you ever find a solution for this mate? I have the same thing, or as my missus says, "there's a kettle boiling behind the glove box".

Funnily enough I was just thinking yesterday about this and realised that I have not been aware of the sound recently. It's either gone away of it's own accord or I'm going deaf...

So can't help I'm afraid...

Edited 19 January by fatscoleymo
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[J.R.]

Not the compressor, that is under the bonnet, it could be a low refrigerant charge that creates a noise from the expansion orifice in the aircon evaporator matrix behind the dashboard.