Hello I just purchased a 51 170A. It is in beautiful shape and flys great. It cruises at 120mph IAS at 2400 rpm. It has a whistleing or squealing noise(I can't tell exactly) at 700 to 1000 rpms that goes away if you are above or below those rpms. It has 2 venturis and it sounds like the sound might be coming from around that area. Has anyone had anything like this happen with their airplane. It has done this from day one and I have put 15 hrs on it with no change better or worse. Any comments would be appreciated. I cannot go out and start it up now because I am working for the next week. Thanks for any input
Ken
Whistleing or squealing noise at 700 to 1000 rpms
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Re: Whistleing or squealing noise at 700 to 1000 rpms
MY 170 did it too until I removed the venturis. Early 172s did it also.km74 wrote:It has a whistleing or squealing noise(I can't tell exactly) at 700 to 1000 rpms that goes away if you are above or below those rpms. It has 2 venturis and it sounds like the sound might be coming from around that area
Ken
Tom Downey A&P-IA
Thanks for the info Tom. I sent a friend out to the airport after I posted this and got him to put socks over the venturis and sure enough it didn't do it. I guess I will just have to get used to the sound. I found it odd because my 120 had a venturi on it but never made a sound. This one has 2 on it on the left side, so maybe that is what makes the difference. Thanks again for the reply.
Ken
Ken