Gearbox whine

stewz · 05-03-2008, 10:34 AM

Is it normal for these gearboxes to whine, well it's more of a whistle than a whine, high pitched. there are no problems with the box, it changes smoothly, no clunks and the cars only done 71000 miles but i can't help noticing than whine?

Ska · 05-03-2008, 02:34 PM

Can you pin point that whine? Is to the front near side or to the rear? Does it happen when stationary or only whilst on the move?

stewz · 05-03-2008, 03:58 PM

Only really noticable when your driving slowly, as the roas noise etc builds up you loose the noise. It's hard to say where abouts it comes from..

Ska · 05-03-2008, 05:29 PM

Does it go away on braking or evident when accelerating?

Figure11 · 06-03-2008, 06:51 PM

I currently have a whine on the engine. I narrowed it down to the AC Compressor. Only here it at low speed / tick-over and goes away when I shut down the AC. I reckon it's just the magnetic clutch.

Mike

quattroman777 · 07-03-2008, 01:00 AM

I had a whine coming from around the front seat of my A6......
After further investigation I discovered it was coming from the passanger. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/FIREdevil.gif[/img]

Atomic · 07-03-2008, 04:58 AM

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I currently have a whine on the engine. I narrowed it down to the AC Compressor. Only here it at low speed / tick-over and goes away when I shut down the AC. I reckon it's just the magnetic clutch.

Mike

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Had this too... was kinda embarrasing when I wes selling the car, in the end I just said it was the aircon warming up [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/EEK2.GIF[/img]

stewz · 07-03-2008, 11:22 AM

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Does it go away on braking or evident when accelerating?

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I'm normally going out first thing in the morning when i hear it most, then i think i must just get used to it, i have just got the car back from some major work being carried out on it so i will check to see if it's still there. Can't say as i've noticed it more on acceleration or braking, it just seems like a whiny gearbox to me. I has one before on an old vauxhall i owned, and it sounds like that one when it started to go wrong.

Ska · 07-03-2008, 01:38 PM

Does it happen when sationary or moving? If its stationary could well be the clutch on the a/c compressor mine started doing this the other day but seems to disapper the more you use it.

05-03-2008, 10:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
stewz Ford Ka Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: MIDDX Posts: 67	Gearbox whine Is it normal for these gearboxes to whine, well it's more of a whistle than a whine, high pitched. there are no problems with the box, it changes smoothly, no clunks and the cars only done 71000 miles but i can't help noticing than whine? __________________ LIVE EVERY DAY AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST!

05-03-2008, 02:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ska Subaru Impreza WRX Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: LONDON Posts: 2,745	Re: Gearbox whine Can you pin point that whine? Is to the front near side or to the rear? Does it happen when stationary or only whilst on the move? __________________

05-03-2008, 03:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
stewz Ford Ka Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: MIDDX Posts: 67	Re: Gearbox whine Only really noticable when your driving slowly, as the roas noise etc builds up you loose the noise. It's hard to say where abouts it comes from.. __________________ LIVE EVERY DAY AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST!

05-03-2008, 05:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ska Subaru Impreza WRX Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: LONDON Posts: 2,745	Re: Gearbox whine Does it go away on braking or evident when accelerating? __________________

06-03-2008, 06:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
Figure11 S8 Fanboy Join Date: May 2007 Location: out to lunch Posts: 1,409	Re: Gearbox whine I currently have a whine on the engine. I narrowed it down to the AC Compressor. Only here it at low speed / tick-over and goes away when I shut down the AC. I reckon it's just the magnetic clutch. Mike

07-03-2008, 01:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
quattroman777 Ford Ka Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 66	Re: Gearbox whine I had a whine coming from around the front seat of my A6...... After further investigation I discovered it was coming from the passanger. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/FIREdevil.gif[/img]

07-03-2008, 04:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
Atomic Audi S3 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Manly, Sydney, Australia... Wahoo!!! Posts: 1,482	Re: Gearbox whine [ QUOTE ] I currently have a whine on the engine. I narrowed it down to the AC Compressor. Only here it at low speed / tick-over and goes away when I shut down the AC. I reckon it's just the magnetic clutch. Mike [/ QUOTE ] Had this too... was kinda embarrasing when I wes selling the car, in the end I just said it was the aircon warming up [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/EEK2.GIF[/img]

07-03-2008, 11:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
stewz Ford Ka Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: MIDDX Posts: 67	Re: Gearbox whine [ QUOTE ] Does it go away on braking or evident when accelerating? [/ QUOTE ] I'm normally going out first thing in the morning when i hear it most, then i think i must just get used to it, i have just got the car back from some major work being carried out on it so i will check to see if it's still there. Can't say as i've noticed it more on acceleration or braking, it just seems like a whiny gearbox to me. I has one before on an old vauxhall i owned, and it sounds like that one when it started to go wrong. __________________ LIVE EVERY DAY AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST!

07-03-2008, 01:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ska Subaru Impreza WRX Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: LONDON Posts: 2,745	Re: Gearbox whine Does it happen when sationary or moving? If its stationary could well be the clutch on the a/c compressor mine started doing this the other day but seems to disapper the more you use it. __________________

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