Hissing Sound
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:51 pm
On the way to visiting my daughter, just 9 miles up the road, I decided to give the old girl (mazzie) a blow-out. Reached the dizzy heights of 70mph and going along nice and smooth. Just mentioned to my wife, Brenda, that I believe that Mazzie seems to be at her happiest at high speed; all of a sudden a hissing type sound came up as though air was leaking from somewhere at the front. When I lifted my foot off the accellerator slightly the hissing sound disappeared. The radiator wasn't overheating; there should be no leaks anywhere as I recently had to have a new inlet manifold gasket and new head gasket and everything should be tightened up. The same thing happened again on the return home, this time I stayed at 70mph and within 30-60 seconds the hissing at gone! It is still a worry though when something like this happens. Any thoughts or comments on this ghostly happening would be welcome.