whinging routes

sean443

Guest
hey all within the past few days i have delevoped a whinging noise from my engine (lc180auq) while accelerating basiclly sounds like i have a supercharger on my car it does it from around 1k all the way round the rev range and gets progresivly louder has any one had or got the same problem that can help me video to follow soon
 

sean443

Guest
thats what me and dannylad are thinking but cant pin point where the noise is coming from
 

sean443

Guest
Nope no smoke no loss of power but just that anoying whistle but the dv has got very quite now tho
 

shaun.

converted
Mar 26, 2010
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leicester
sounds like my polo sounded when the diff went, it sounds to me like a bearing i.e tensioner, altenater, idler pulley( if they have got one

try what lee69 said or remove the belt and spin the pullies by hand 1 by 1 and listen
 

Pyro

Guest
try rubing soapy water on the DV you said it qieter may iuts failed or one the pieps come to and from it ;)
 

Mint

Active Member
Apr 9, 2010
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Midlands
Mine makes that noise and has done for a long time now, i just put it down to the turbo whistling when spooling up or do i have a problem also? :think:
 

sean443

Guest
Well my mate whos a mechanic has got my car now so hopfuly he can find out what is wrong with it
 
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