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Hi, thanks for the replies. I did wonder about wheel bearings I don’t think that would only happen in even gears. The 40k gearbox service didn’t fix it, disconnecting the Soundaktor didn’t help, so I’m going with the idea of a gearbox bearing being the culprit which I’m guessing would be difficult ...

Hi, I fiddled with the engine sound settings in the customisation mode and whilst if affected the engine note as expected it didn’t affect the background hum, that remained constant regardless of engine mode and sound which is a shame, it definitely is coming from a central area though, but much ...

Hi, thanks for the reply.
The humming/blower sound seems pretty consistent across speed and rev range, it probably gets a little louder as speed increases but not much really, and is less noticable at motorway speeds due to the engine and road noise but is always 'there' in 6th and 4th. I did ...

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I have 69 plate GTI. A few weeks ago it started making a sound like you've got the blowers on speed 2-3 that sound like it comes from the centre of the dash below the windscreen. At first I thought it was just excessive wind noise but then realised it's mostly in 4 + 6 ,though I do sometimes ...