Can I attach an mpg to my post?

Hello,
I want to try something here that I've not done before, namely to attach a sound file recording of a
particular noise I'm hearing from my newly acquired 2007 Prius. I hear it when the car is in park,
vent fan off, and motor dormant. When I step on the brake, there's this sound which I'm having
difficulty describing. I recorded it and amplified the recording with mpg software so that it sound
on my pc pretty much as it sound to my ear in the vehicle.

Is this do-able in PriusChat?

Mel

 

Thanks for the information. I guess I'll include a picture of my Prius with the sound. And learn how to upload to YouTube. It'll be a first for me.

Mel

 

Hey PG32!

thanks for your willingness to assist! Having owned a 2006 and 2010, I'm secure in saying that these are not the usual shutdown noises. As a matter of fact, it doesn't occur after I've turned the car off. I hear it when all interior
ventilation is turned off and the car would normally be totally silent. At this point if I apply the brakes I hear sound like tappets going bad (in old cars).
I have an mp3 file I could attach to an email very easily. I'd be glad to send it to an email box of your choice. It's hard to describe this noise but I can make it happen whenever I choose to. I just don't know what it is and that's bothering me. I'm wondering if it may be the brake pump going bad and if having someone else hold the brake pedal down while I go under the hood looking for the unit would serve me.

Mel

 

To respond to your question a different way, "can you describe the noise . . .?" I've decided that it sound somewhat like the high speed tapping I've heard in non hybrid cars when the engine is old and the tappets
are sounding. The noise is by no means as loud and the engine isn't running. The car is on and I get the
sound when I press down on the brake. When I let up on the brake the sound stops and starts again when
I press down.