Annoying Tone

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I have an annoying tone that sounds when the car gets warmed up. It goes away when the gas pedal is accelerated...sounds like its coming from the column or near the gauge cluster. Anyone have an 88 GF with the same issues?
 
WAG (Wild Assed Guess): Does that year of GF have vacuum controls for the air conditioning/heater? Could you be hearing a leak, and then when you hit the gas, the vacuum drops, so it stops leaking air?

Just glad you weren't complaining about somebody's posting style/language/attitude.
 
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kkritsilas said:
...Just glad you weren't complaining about somebody's posting style/language/attitude.
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Same!

Check your vacuum hoses under the dash like kk suggested. I had a noise that sounded like a mutilated calf coming from my radio area. It's was haunting and at least a little annoying. Had to remove some plastic from the connector and tape it together with electrical tape because it was disintegrating. Problem solved. It only took like 3 days to track it down!!
 
Agree. If it goes away on acceleration, good chance it's vacuum related.
Stupid question form an F-body guy here, does it have an automatic parking brake release? (Did M-body ever have that?) I only ask because I used to be a Ford tech and replaced a lot of the vacuum switches on the column that release the parking brake when you shift into gear, for a similar complaint.
 
99.9% chance it's vacuum leak at, or involved with, the HVAC controls.

Vacuum sucks. ;)
 
TheTattooer said:
I have an annoying tone that sounds when the car gets warmed up. It goes away when the gas pedal is accelerated...sounds like its coming from the column or near the gauge cluster. Anyone have an 88 GF with the same issues?
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I would check the vacuum check valve for the HVAC.
 
Aspen500 said:
Agree. If it goes away on acceleration, good chance it's vacuum related.
Stupid question form an F-body guy here, does it have an automatic parking brake release? (Did M-body ever have that?) I only ask because I used to be a Ford tech and replaced a lot of the vacuum switches on the column that release the parking brake when you shift into gear, for a similar complaint.
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No Sir.
Good old push pedal with handle release.
 
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