Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 20:48:29 -0600
Reply-To: Joel Walker <jwalker@URONRAMP.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Joel Walker <jwalker@URONRAMP.NET>
Subject: Describing that noise ... :)
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well, it's not Ffrydaye, and this actually does kinda sorta maybe relate to
buses ...
my brother got this from their Tech Line (dealer mechanics call the
manufacturer help line when stumped with a problem, especially on newer
cars).
Describe that noise when you call Tech Line
Identifying noises is one of Tech Line's biggest challenges because every
customer, advisor, and technician can have a different description for the
same noise, and these descriptions usually don't match the ones in Tech
Line's database. To get an accurate repair from Tech Line when you call in
with a noise complaint, and for accurate noise descriptions on warranty
claims, use one of the sounds from this list:
Noise Description (sounds like)
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Banging Slamming a wooden screen door
Bonging Hitting a large gong
Booming Rumble of distant thunder
Buzzing Electric razor
Chafing Rubbing dry hands together
Chattering Windshield wipers across a dry windshield
Chirping Bird or cricket call
Clacking Railroad car wheels rolling on a track
Clanging Cow bell or dinner bell
Clanking Wrench dropped on concrete
Clapping Hands clapping
Clashing Cymbals hitting together
Clattering Falling bowling pins
Clicking Empty bottles hitting each other
Clunking Slamming a heavy wooden door
Cracking Ice cubes breaking when dropped in water
Crackling Wood burning in a fireplace
Creaking Opening a door with rusty hinges
Croaking Frog call
Crunching Walking on dry snow
Droning Distant propellor-driven airplane
Drumming Nervous fingers tapping a desk
Fluttering Flag flapping in the wind
Grating Shovel raked over pavement
Grinding Sharpening a tool on a grinding wheel
Groaning Twisting wooden beam on a ship
Growling Dog protecting his food
Gurgling Water down a bathtub drain
Hissing Leaking Tire
Hooting Owl call
Howling Wind blowing through a leaky door
Humming High-voltage transformer
Jingling Keys hitting each other
Knocking Knuckles rapping a wooden door
Moaning Blowing across the top of an empty bottle
Oil canning Flexing a metal gas can
Pattering Rain drops hitting a window
Pinging Pebbles rolling around in a tin can
Popping Cork coming out of a champagane bottle
Pounding Hitting your fist on a desk
Rapping Judge using a gavel
Roaring Speeding 4x4 truck with open-tread tires
Rumbling Bowling ball rolling down an alley
Scratching Rubbing two pieces of paper together
Slapping Dribbling a basketball on a hardwood floor
Squealing Skidding tires
Ticking Tapping a pencil point on a desk
Whining Distant siren
Whistling Steam coming out of a tea kettle
