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    Hi guys,

    Over the weekend, I changed my thermostat, which went well. The car now heats up to temp, which I'm pretty excited about. I even got asked out by the guy at Auto Zone, because he was so impressed I was doing it myself, LOL.

    This morning, I was sitting in my car with the window down waiting for the train and I heard this pretty loud, high-pitched whistling sound. At first, I wasn't sure it wad coming from my car, so - tried shifting out of park, but the sound remained. Then, I turned the car off and sure enough, the sound was gone. I also noticed a bit of a rough idle, bouncing only by about 100-200 RPMs, but it doesn't feel exactly normal.

    Are these two related? Could it be a vac leak or is there something else I should look at?

    Recently, I've cleaned the MAF sensor and replaced a vacuum line going to the Throttle Body. I checked a couple of the lines when - changed the t-stat, and everything seemed okay.

    Thanks!


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    sounds like a vac leak.. I'd check all your hoses again. Did you replace the big line going into the TB? make sure its seated right.
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