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car sounds like it has asthma

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MattTheBat83

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my car makes a wheezing sound at idle... any ideas why?
 
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Is it a constant wheeeeeze or is it just sporadic?

My car had a wheezing noise and it turned out to be a huge vacuum leak.
 
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its every ten seconds or so
 

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i vote vacuum leak also, check at idle..a tester is about 20.00 at a parts store. Or you need to call the car doctor and get an inhaler
 
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