Humming noise at 50+ mph

[litcan91]

Sorted, it was a wheel bearing

 

[litcan91]

Anyone??

 

[Sprogpole]

Sounds like your wheel bearing to me. Spin each wheel one at a time by hand and listen for any noise.

The oil could be coming from higher up. VVT gasket maybe

 

[litcan91]

Thanks for the reply, I've checked the wheel bearings twice now, there seems to be no movement if your trying to rock the wheel. The only noise I get is the pad touching the disc. By looks of things this has to be the obvious cause (theoretically) as the gearbox was clean approx 10-15k ago. Subsequently it's got grease all around the drive shaft joint, but the oil isn't coming out at a leaking rate, I.e there's no oil on my driveway, & there are no drops on the gearbox. It's just damp in (what I think is sprayed oil) which comes out the faulty bearing/seal & as the shaft turns the oil spreads. There are no signs of oil when looking down from the engine bay, wouldn't ever suspect this underneath. Thanks again

 

[hyphon12]

Can still be the wheel bearing at fault. Most bearing failures I've seen don't have any play but once removed and split apart there's usually a race or ball bearing set that has failed in some way.

 

[litcan91]

Thanks for the advice guys, looks like il be taking it to a garage on the weekend

 

[Sprogpole]

That oil isn't from a wheel bearing and it does not look like the grease out your CV.