# Sound files for diagnosis?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/sound-files-for-diagnosis/11128>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** noises\
**Created:** [February 25, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sound-files-for-diagnosis/11128 "2008-02-25T21:52:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_Russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Bill\_Russell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill_Russell)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sound-files-for-diagnosis/11128/1 "2008-02-25T21:52:38Z")

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So many of these postings describe (or try to describe) sounds their engine, front end, etc make, leaving the experts to attempt to diagnose the problem from these (frequently) vague remarks.  
  
  
  
 Apparently you can attach a sound file to the posting. So for those of you who are computer literate, try using this approach.  
  
  
  
 Actually, you can’t attach a file to the discussion question, but if you immediately post a reply, you can attach it to the reply.  
  
  
  
 The experts will be much more accurate if they can actually hear the sound!

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Bill\_Russell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill_Russell)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sound-files-for-diagnosis/11128/2 "2008-02-25T21:56:43Z")

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And here’s a sound file for a test  
Bill

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sound-files-for-diagnosis/11128/3 "2008-02-25T21:59:24Z")

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It sounds like you have a leaking main hatch.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Bill\_Russell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill_Russell)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sound-files-for-diagnosis/11128/4 "2008-02-25T22:03:35Z")

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Took me a minute to get it.  
I switched files to avoid any copyright problems…  
I’ll leave the sound unidentified as a puzzle…

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sound-files-for-diagnosis/11128/5 "2008-02-25T22:22:16Z")

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I was going to mention the copyright issue. Glad you fixed that.