I have a 08 Lancer GTS and I got my oil changed on Saturday. I've noticed a throaty type of sound that I don't think I had before when I hit 1.5-2K RPM. Any ideas what it could be? I'm thinking it has something to do with the intake (which is stock), do you think that when they blew off the filter, a clean one would sound like that? Any ideas would help because it kind of makes my car sound junky haha.


I could be over-analyzing because I am paying attention to what the car sounds like after the oil change, but I wanted to get your opinions on this.

Thanks in advance

 

Nevermind, after fiddling around with it, I found out that the bottom of the air box has some clips that need to be snapped before dropping the filter in. The guys at the shop didn't do that, so thats where my throaty sound was coming from, from the bottom not being sealed correctly.


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Hate to say it but you have to ALWAYS check your car if you let some one else fiddle with it. They do not care about it like you do.