new VX owner here/ noisy acceleration

[hugoart76]

YES! Its a loud wooshing gush of air sound when I step on the pedal. Definetly coming from under the hood. No rattle at all. No noise when not hitting the gas.
I opened the hood and stepped on the gas and I think its coming from the fan? I will print this page out and bring it to my mechanic. this all so helpfull..thanks. Any more ideas about what it could be would be greatly appreciated. This forum is SO USEFULL its not even funny!
U guys rock.
Thanks again

[Ldub]

YES! Its a loud wooshing gush of air sound when I step on the pedal. Any more ideas about what it could be would be greatly appreciated. This forum is SO USEFULL its not even funny!
U guys rock.
Thanks again

I'm about 90% sure the fan clutch is the problem...and if you hang around here very much, you'll find this forum is not only useful, but VERY funny.

Welcome

[etlsport]

yea almost without a doubt fan clutch.. pretty easy to replace, make sure you leave the serpentine belt attached to the pulley, using a 12 or 10mm hand held wrench (i forget which) you need to take off the 4 bolts that attach it, when i was doing it my fan kept turning! so what i had to do was use a pipe to extend the wrench and hit it quickly with a hammer to serve as sort of an impact wrench, also had to take the top of the fan shroud off, that was easy though, i think 4 clips and maybe 2 screws... all in all should take u 30-45 minutes

[Phantom]

Good advice on the fan clutch, just thought i'd add when I dropped a k&n filter in mine (thanks tone!) it started making a more pronounced "whoosh" noise than with the regular air filter it had in it when I bought it. I still have the stock air box on mine. So even if it doesn't have a "cone" on it, it could still be the noise of a k&n or green filter in the stock box.

[hugoart76]

thanks you guys, Ldub u rule! Yes its most def the fan clutch. The sound is much worse when the car is first started up. Then as the engine heats up the clutch I suppose does too and loosens a bit and the sound isnt so bad.
I turned the fan when the car was off by hand and it felt stiff and a bit "locked up" compared to my other car(passport). Ive been told this is a sure fire sign of a bad fan clutch.

Thanks again to everyone, well see how the highly recommended Vehicross specialist out here in so cal does on his first job.

The car fax report says the previous owner did the scheduled full mantenence inspection at 55,000 miles. I would however like to get it looked over mechanically anyway. Any areas in particular with these cars that should be looked into? I want to make sure I got a solid VX before I start driving it everywhere.

[SilverBullet75]

Take a look at this thread...
One of the members saved me a ton of money by suggesting the Timing Belt Tensioner. It was making a sound that was similar to what you are describing...
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...t=10722&page=3

[Solitude]

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[VehiGAZ]

Welcome Hugo! My advice is to monitor your oil consumption with every fill-up until you know what to expect. Some of these engines burn a quart every thousand miles, and some not at all. Learn where your VX falls on that spectrum earlier rather than later. And good move on the warranty!