speddlysmitt

It wistles like my AEM CAI in my old saturn when you step on teh gas.

f1nch

good question i have no idea??


bumpage..

Sal803

mine does that also..i didnt know where the sound came from tho..

t2BDetermined

If i'm not mistaken, the filter is a charcoal filter which helps reduce the amount of emissions that leak out of the air filter when the car has been shut off. I'm not sure if the charcoal causes it to "whistle" more, but the sound is nothing to be alarmed about. All of my tCs do the exact same thing! It's simply the air being sucked through the filter at a high velocity!

Giravani

It does the same thing with my K&N installed. I have a sneaking suspicion that it's air rushing through the throttle body. Just speculation though, but damn I like it wherever it's coming from

toby3002

it sees ur mom walkin by

Giravani

JasonH

It whistles because Scion designed it to make it sound like an aftermarket intake. The charcoal filter has nothing to do with it. You could rip it out and it would make the same noise. The stock intake is a CAI of sorts, since it draws intake air from the fender area and not from under the hood.

tc05

so that whistle sound is normal. not an intake leak right? oh and why are people so worried about hydrolock on the TC after you put the wheel well plastic back on, the filter is fully covered by it or did my slowwwww ___ forget to leave it off

Mx6GT91

It cant be the charcol filter, with the K&N CAI it was 3 times louder on my moms tC. it sounded so good I drove the car around just to make that noise. Turned a lot of heads.

btownTC

i like the noise haha kinda sounds like a turbo when you take off haha

tc05

ok thanks man aslong as it aint no damn intake leak that install was a pain, but y are people worried about hydrolock the filter is incased in the wheel well plastic

tcnero

That is not a leak it is just the sound of the air accelerating through the inlet tube. That or your intake is very happy.

kyleb350

Is it just me or everytime you shift does it sound like a quieter blow-off valve?

craE

its just you, and please search for this noise there are 238723 post on this

MysTiKchRis

I gota drive my girl friends moms Camry with the 2.4L and it makes the same whistle as my car

Diluvium

let me guess its the sound from your throttle body...

tcsciontist

When the engine revs high, it requires a lot of air and feul...

The air has gotta run through a kinda sorta small pipe...so the whistle is the air rushing in the box...

bsp_tC

I've noticed the whistle too.... and to make it a little louder just block off the silencer after the air box before the throttle body.

insanetc

you didnt know thats what the TC stands for "Turbo Charged" but i love that sound i have people ask me all the time is that turbo..but i took that little box of and started my car and then i shut off but like you said if you block that of the whistle is louder..????how did u block it off..with what