whining noise from engine bay

[furio_morgan]

my car sounds like a remote control car, seems to becoming either from the altinator belt or the cam belt, can anybody help me on this.?

[Ben_L]

mine does to. the noise seems to appear when the engine is cold and goes after its warmed up abit. think its drive belt tbh. i might replace mine to see if that helllps.

[raunchz]

Mine makes a whine noise as I'm accelerating, this is due to the 'solid' lower mount, nothing beats a bit of gearbox whine !!

Could it be an air leak some where? Like a whistle sort of noise?

Or start yoru car, and get someone to listen under the engine bay while it's still cold, or whenever it happens, and try to locate where it's coming from. You will then pretty much be able to know what it is.

If it's cambelt side, then could be either camblet, alternator belt, idles pulley, tensioner or waterpump(but I very much doubt it's this)

Or other side of the engine could be clutch, or within the gearbox?

[Asaxo]

I get that often, usually when I am going slow up and down gears. For example changing at like 2000rpm when accelerating very slowly (usually when no petrol!)

[LewDacris]

Mines does this as well when it's cold on the 1.1l, whinning but not like a remote control car.
The 16v does it too but it's the plastic cover touching the cambelt cos if you push it in you can feel it rubbing and obvoiusly get's louder, this sounds more like a remote control car!!

[jay-vtr]

if ur belts are whining, get a wax crayon and apply it to the inside of the belt, it helps it grip better and stops the whining. hope this helps, its a cheap fix

[Rootyuk]

i get this and its deffo coming from the gearbox, thats all i know.

I dunno what it could be tho and dont have the money at the moment to get it sorted.

[Tobs]

the whinning noise is the alternator mate, dont worry the bushs have just gone dry, mine does it

[Rootyuk]

anyone read the thread in the engine section (i think)

somethin went wrong with the bearing and cost over £700 to sort, this couldnt be related to any of this problem could it?

[Ben_L]

the whinning noise is the alternator mate, dont worry the bushs have just gone dry, mine does it

squirt of wd on the pulley to cure?

[furio_morgan]

the whinning noise is the alternator mate, dont worry the bushs have just gone dry, mine does it

i tryed wd 40 hasnt seemed to work. will i need to change the alternator ?

[furio_morgan]

or could i do something else??

[conor]

could it be a thurst bearing from the gearbox?

[AdamH]

check the belts tension .. find the longest run and see if u can twist it in the middle more the 1/4 of a turn... if the cam is loose tho (tensioner etc) then you will get a poor idle and a poor drive..

if its the fan belt it will squeek

if the fan belt is to tight then it will sound like a remote car since the alternator bushes are wearing.. if this is the case loosen it

[DomVTR]

i get the noise been told it when the engine is cold if u rev ur car to just over 3k when its making the noise then it will go away coz it has warmed up :y:

[furio_morgan]

found out it was the main bearings in my alternator, bought one off ebay £35.