whining noise??

**via sin dios** · 10-24-2007, 05:06 PM

I got my car in the summer and now its pretty cold. I dont know if its a coincidence but ever since it got cold, when i start my car with a cold motor and drive, at first it sounds like a supercharger whine. not that loud obviously but kinda the same.

can it be a vacum leak, is it some T/A thing? blown gasket?

i think it only happens at a cold start up and you can kear it when you give it gas while driving. later there is no noise

**joejenkinsglass** · 10-24-2007, 05:17 PM

maybe power steering?

**via sin dios** · 10-24-2007, 05:27 PM

like a bearing or what

**astyles** · 10-24-2007, 05:47 PM

do you have a lid? mine whines because of rerouting the line for the airpump

**via sin dios** · 10-24-2007, 06:02 PM

well i didnt touch it and it just started whining one day

**garver** · 10-24-2007, 08:03 PM

This is what mine does. In my thread they suggested changing the belts, and getting the air pump checked. I'm going to try it tomorrow.

**97 FiReBiRd** · 10-25-2007, 04:29 AM

my buddy has a 98 Camaro that does the same thing and we cant figure it out either....lemme know if you guys get to the bottom of it

thanks

BIG RED

**JoshieDoom** · 10-25-2007, 04:46 AM

its the electric fans. mine does it too. scares people and makes then think its a blown T/A. It shuts off and whines down after a while.

**via sin dios** · 10-25-2007, 05:48 AM

well why would it start just now, and the more gas giveit the louder it gets

**JoshieDoom** · 10-25-2007, 05:51 AM

I didnt know it gets louder with accelerator.. Im clueless now.

**tigersport14** · 10-25-2007, 08:18 AM

does it do it even more when you turn?

**via sin dios** · 10-25-2007, 09:18 AM

not at all. only when the engine is cold and does it like 2 or 3 times when I accelerate. if i rev it in neutral it whines but not asmuch, also when the car is cold. i hured something about a secondary air pump, or fan? can anybody connect this to eather of the two? i also hured alternator.

i dont get why it goes away when the engine warms up. it whines when i start up the car in the cold and drive right away without a warmup. after driving for 30 or 20 seconds, gone.................

**tigersport14** · 10-25-2007, 07:42 PM

man idk..... sorry

**Getzen_Guy** · 10-25-2007, 08:14 PM

my guess would still be the fan though... I mean mine would whine on a cold day on start up but would stop a few minutes later... other than that I wouldn't know and would hate to lie to you

**joejenkinsglass** · 10-26-2007, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by joejenkinsglass

maybe power steering?

maybe its the torque converter or pump in the trans (a-4)

**via sin dios** · 10-26-2007, 01:14 PM

i think its coming from the secondary air pump. does that tend to whine when its goin bad? cause if i let my car warm up there aint any noise.

**Twixter08** · 10-28-2015, 07:33 AM

did you ever figure this out? my 02 ws6 6 speed started to whine up front sounding like a small supercharger. dont do it at idle, only sounds off when i pick up speed from a cruz like getting on hwy or something in that matter. its not a squeal but a whine. battery running 14.5 amps when car running belts look good. under hood reving the car from throttle body i cant hear it lol. im stumped stock lid stock car.