"Cleaned up" sound file of strange car noise

I already said that we took it to Carquest, which apparently is not a
good
shop I've been told. So no wonder they said they didn't know...

???

 

Yes, it could also remove some of the sound's information, distorting
it.
This was just a last ditch effort to salvage the recording. It
apparently
didn't work. Oh well.

Well _I_ wasn't the one who took it there, remember, as it isn't _my_
car?

Well, OK, then we can write off Carquest...

Well I wasn't expecting an "instant" and "miraculous" fix, but at
least some *clues*
as to what might be causing the noise. And I guess I'm also a little
pissed off
that the recording was so poor, too.

Where could I learn more about cars, though, with an eye toward the
stuff that
might give clues to problems like these?

 

(addendum)
I.e. I've now pretty much written off the recording. I guess I thought
I could point
out the concerning sound, but I've given that up now as obviously that
is not
possible over the internets.

So I was already coming around to these points after my final post
about listening
for the sound, and once again it failing to be heard. I tried and
tried, but the internets
are fundamentally limited, and so it is impossible to point such
things out via the
internet.

 

So please don't leave just _yet_, as you _are_ making sense to me,
especially
now, and I've still got one more question below and an answer to one
of your
questions:

answer to your Q

Final question

 

Most of us got our start hanging out with mechanics and car guys, when we
were younger. We worked on our own cars and made every mistake in the
book - or most every one. We simply do not admit to those mistakes any
longer...

Take your car to a smaller garage - one with a good reputation. The bench
rate will be expensive, but usually lower than dealerships and larger
garages. A smaller shop is more likely to let you hang with the mechanic
while he looks at the car, and you can explain to him that you're trying to
learn a bit. If he's a decent Joe, he'll explain some things to you as he
works.

Forums like this are good places to learn, but topics are scattered and not
organized into any coherent flow. You just kind of pick up general
knowledge to put into your hip pocket most of the time. That all by itself
is quite useful, but it also requires you have some idea how automobile
systems work in the first place, in order for it to be very meaningful.
There's lots of forums out there, so lurk around in many.

 

Thank you for the answer.

Would it also be expensive just to diagnose the problem, i.e. just to
have them
listen to the noise? How much would it cost?

 

How long is a piece of string?

 

You need to dip it in milk and then wring it out and measure the amount
of milk you get. The amount of milk you get will be proportional to the
length of the string.

-jim

 

Thank you for the answer.

Would it also be expensive just to diagnose the problem, i.e. just to
have them
listen to the noise? How much would it cost?

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It may not cost anything for a diagnosis. If you can find a good, local
garage, and explain that you need an estimate for repairs, you'll probably
get the diagnosis for free. The repair may be well worth paying for,
depending on what the diagnosis turns out to be.

 

Whole milk, or skimmed milk? Cup, or bowl?

 

Mike 3,

Why not give up on this newsgroup?

You said the noise was there when you or your family bought the car. Why
did you not have it checked out then?

It seems you are looking for a pen pal and have hooked up with a number of
us here on the hyundai forum. You can ask your questions on
http://www.hyundai-forums.com/ and find a lot more pen pals. Or, would you
rather one of us do that for you?

Jim

 

Thanks for the answer. I might ask and see what happens, if there's
a "good" garage around here.

 

Thanks for the answer. I might ask and see what happens, if there's
a "good" garage around here.

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Assuredly there is. You've got to get off the dime and get your vehicle to
someone to look at. The longer you procrastinate, the longer you live with
your mysterious sound.

 

I'm late to this party and have little to offer beyond what's been
said, but I figure I can explain why you're receiving so much grief
over this. Carquest is a place that sells parts. No one is employed
by Carquest as a mechanic, and they do not run a shop. Indeed, you'll
need someone who knows about cars and is capable of working on them in
order to solve your problem.