Whining sound when accelarating?
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Whining sound when accelarating?
Drove for a day trip yesterday and noticed a whining sound when slightly pressing on the accelerator. The sound diminished when I let go of it or I pressed harder. Noticed this sound around 70 mph on both 6th and 5th gears. This noise is too annoying to be normal. Everything else is quiet. Anyone else?
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I hear a high pitched noise coming from mine as well. At idle I can hear that sewing machine sound coming from the engine but also some sort of a whine that's seperate from the engine noise. Likewise during acceleration, except that during acceleration it'll show up and then disappear and then show up again and disappear. It's not a constant thing.
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Originally Posted by czr
Drove for a day trip yesterday and noticed a whining sound when slightly pressing on the accelerator. The sound diminished when I let go of it or I pressed harder. Noticed this sound around 70 mph on both 6th and 5th gears. This noise is too annoying to be normal. Everything else is quiet. Anyone else?
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Originally Posted by Vertigo-1
I hear a high pitched noise coming from mine as well. At idle I can hear that sewing machine sound coming from the engine but also some sort of a whine that's seperate from the engine noise. Likewise during acceleration, except that during acceleration it'll show up and then disappear and then show up again and disappear. It's not a constant thing.
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Originally Posted by RX8_Buckeye
Does the frequency (pitch) of the sound go up and down corresponding to engine speed? (Can you hear a similar sound at a lower speed in 5th and 6th gears, just lower in pitch?). If so, it's most likely gear whine from the tranny or differential.
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Mine is a constant noise- I've tried to isolate it down and im fairly certain its actually my alternator. Why would the alternator pick up a high pitched whine after I've been running pretty hard?
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czr, I hear it too. It's present at any cruise speed in 4, 5 or 6 gear anytime you give slight throttle. I'm with Buckeye on this - chalk it up to gear whine. Wouldn't worry about it.
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I was just wondering if you got this fixed. Do you have any other speakers installed? It wouldn't matter if your radio was on or not if you had an amplifier that was wired through an ignition switch. I don't know if the factory amps come on and off with the radio or the ignition. Any way, if you had an amplifier of any kind that was on it is possible you were getting some noise through there. Just a thought.
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I get a sound similar to what I would expect if the motor was pinging.
It is always there at certain speeds in certain gears.
This car makes some 'different' noises.. that's for sure..
It is always there at certain speeds in certain gears.
This car makes some 'different' noises.. that's for sure..
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Originally Posted by czr
Drove for a day trip yesterday and noticed a whining sound when slightly pressing on the accelerator. The sound diminished when I let go of it or I pressed harder. Noticed this sound around 70 mph on both 6th and 5th gears. This noise is too annoying to be normal. Everything else is quiet. Anyone else?
I'm not concerned about it. However, if we learn to understand it might be one of those qerky things that we end up loving about our cars...
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