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hey im new here but i usually come on here and read what you guys post bout liek new mods and stuff and i get ideas from it too..im 16 liv in atl and got a sort of handme down 98 'tour from my sister only 45000 miles so i took it and gonan work with it...something seems wrong ..when the car is running..parked or moving it is veryyyy loud like its blowing alot of air out from someware i have no idea what the problem could be maybe some of you have had this problem please help me... lol or if u want email me at atlshawdyfasho@yahoo.com

Exhaust leak??

Try to give us a general area where you might hear the air blowing out, if its underneath your car, its probibly an exhust leak, and is pretty easy to fix. I know on my tour when I am at a low RPM and a push the accelerator down pretty hard the intake will take a huge gulp of air, and I will hear like vaccume suck air at the left front of the car. But thats only when I give it the gas. Its also possible that you need a new air filter, so take a look at that, they are only 5-10$ and take 5 minutes to change, so couldnt hurt to do anyways.

its more near the front of the car underneath and im pretty sure its not an exhaust leak..its kinda like gushing air realll loud up under the front of the car and the tone changes as the car is not moving so if i turn it on drive it around the park with the engine running the tone changes after a minet or two it either gets louder faster or sumthing like that..ima go chekthe airfilter..

probly the intercooler or blow off valve (BOV)

Moosing Could be the moose?

lol i just went outside and tried listing to it...it was a louder than the sound of the engine runnin and theres also a humming noise i checked out the filter and it seems to be fine you cant actually feel the air blowing or gettin sucked in you just hear it real loud and i cant figer out if its air going in or coming out .. the problemhas been going on for a while and i thought it might be normal but people dont like standing near my car when its running becuz it sounds like it mgiht exlpode ...

myfirst post i put 98 contour i meant 97 my bad

also the car stays hot for hours even after justdriving it for 30 mins if i park the car the car stys hot for a lonngggg time any suggesstions for that?

thats normal for our tours, Ford put a junky Therostat in the car, its like 7$ to buy, and really easy to do. As for the air noise... No idea.