S40t4 Sound

HI GUYS IM NEW AND JUST GOT ME A S40T4 AUTO - JUST READ YOU SAYING REMOVING THE FOAM FROM THE AIR FILTER GIVES A NICE SOUND -DO YOU STILL GET THE SOUND IF YOU REMOVE FOAM FROM JUST THE AIR FILTER SIDE?AND IS IT A WHOOSH TURBO SOUND YOU REFERING TO OR THE SOUND OF A CONE FILTER TYPE GURGLE - I LOVE THE WHOOSH SOUND BUT THE CARS IN MOTORPLAN SO CANT FIDDLE WITH THE BOX FOAM ITSELF - SECONDLY PEROFRMANCE I DROVE THE MANUAL AND LOVED IT WHEN I TOOK DELIVERY THEY GAVE ME AN AUTO -IT SEEMS TO LACK THAT PERFOMANCE NOT EVEN A WHEEL SPIN -ITS GOING BACK IN FOR A TWEEK HOPEFULLY SORTS IT -BUT MY FUEL CONSUMPTION IS SCARY ABOUT 250KM OF A TANK URBAN IS THIS RIGHT ? EVEN IF I DRIVE GENTLY

To get the sound - a "whoosh" / "pshht" (turbo sucking, dumping pressure) sound - I removed foam from the air filter box, replacing with a performance (drop in, panel) filter did not make the sound. Because the foam was glued (more like welded!) to the box I could never put it back like it originally was without getting a new airbox.

I did a quick guess and lets say the tank is at least 10 gallons then you are getting about 15mpg AT BEST!! which I would say is pretty awful even if you only drive round town and have a brand new car which needs running in. Must be something wrong with it, hopefully they'll fix it when it goes in.

Pete

thanks pete my consumption is average is about 16.00 to 17.00 drops to about 15.6 most times is this right ? on the open road its about 8.7 which is great just urban is crap -so if i dont remove the foam at the bottom there will be no sound you say damn -do you know anyone with an auto s40t4 on the bb

I'm confused... what are the figures you are quoting?

16-17 drops to 8.7, which is good?

Are you talking litres/100km? Not sure....

Anyway, there are some S40 T4 Auto owners round here but if you have any specific questions best just post them on this forum because lots of manual transmission owners and mechanics know about autos too.

Cheers,
Pete

oh yes sorry im in south africa we work in km/liter here :-) my urban consumption average is around 15.6lt/100km urban but on the open road a bit better 8.6lt/100km -if it is a faulty temp sender like some say will the temperature gauge not read correctly mine sits in the middle once warm ?
Just filled a R100 fuel 2days ago which is 16.5lt of petrol and it has done only 86km and its now almost at the same spot i filled from (from half tank to reserve) been driving it resonably and about 50km of the 86km was open road

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There are two temp senders - one for the gauge and another for the ECU. The ECU sender is just under the thermostat and I have no idea where the other one is.