XR6child

Hey guys, happy Easter.

Anyways, you all know how much I love my car, and its getting on 5 months now that i've had it, I treat her like a queen however suddenly, strange things are happening. and its breaking my heart.

for about 4 weeks now, when starting the car cold, Along with the engine/exhaust noise, the car is making this HIDEOUS loud High pitched whiney squeaky buzzing noise which changes pitch and becomes louder as the revs rise. Once the car warms up and's driven for a while (after about 15-20 mins of driving), the noise is gone. But until then, its really loud and frankly quite embarrasing.

When I open the bonnet to listen for the location of the noise it can't be heard from the engine bay, however listening from under the car the noise can be heard to be coming from behind the engine, somewhere around the gearbox area. Its strange and only can be heard when its cold so if I take it to a mechaninc, by the time I get there the bastard noise is gone.

Guys? Can anyone help me? Its annoying the shit outta me big time, as well as worrying me to the point i'm almost going grey! I dont know what it is... I've never heard anything like it before..... I hope someone out there knows what i'm on about.

Thanks fellas, I have faith that someone will help me get to the bottom of this......

-Daniel

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shano6

Could be your thrust race (on input shaft in gearbox). Does the noise change at all when you put your foot on the clutch?

XR6child

It never goes away, but sometimes the clutch has a tiny tiny effect on the sound, only very minimal, then again, I might be trying to hear things....

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EF_Dave

my ef is making a whinning sound, ive just found that its the brake pads rubbing on the disk, so im going to get the disks machined. dont know if its the same prob as yours though, as it happens all the time not just when its cold

SoulReaver

maybe try and make sure that your belts arent slipping. mine makes a noise like that until the belts stop slipping and get traction.

Grant Porter

Are u using the right grade of oil in the motor???? How long since it has been changed. Its not the starter motor staying engaged is it???????

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ebxr8240

If its manual make sure there is some slack in cable..Or the throw out bearing is always engaged and can stuff clutch as well...
Alternator bearings maybe on their way out ??
Enough power steering fluid in pump ??
Belts tight??
Nothing caught in fan?? Heater fan??
Mother inlaw???

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SoulReaver

hehe mother in law.... the blanket problem that is the cause of everything bad

mongrelEB

Does it go away as it warms up idling, or only if you drive it?
Any changes with different gears/driving styles?

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ArT1sT

i had a similar kinda problem with my EB turned out i just needed to replace my harmonic balancer and idler bearing... but if u can hear it from underneath near the gearbox then proabaly not it

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