saxo in need of help

[stephenp630]

Hi guy`s name is stephen bought a 52 plate saxo vts the other day that needs a fair bit of work done to it but i truely belive that it can once again be a spectacular machine. it`s clearly had a very hard life and not much TLC. so thought i better register here for some good advice and knowledge. the first major thing that i have noticed is when driving the car and lifting off the accelerator it starts to make a howeling noise like there is a red indian under the bonnet but this goes away when you put the foot down does any one have any ideas???

[SnakeVTR]

is it more of a whining noise, and does it sound like its on the gearbox side or the cambelt side :y:

[stephenp630]

is it more of a whining noise, and does it sound like its on the gearbox side or the cambelt side :y:

HI defo not a whining noise i would say the cam belt side it sounds like a wheel bareing noise but i don`t think it is. if this makes sence??

[SnakeVTR]

okay, so the noise is whilst driving only ,or does it when you are stationary? if so then what speeds does the noise occur at?

[stephenp630]

yeah only when driving. the slower the louder the noise gets if i put my foot down it completly goes away take my foot off and it`s straight back.

[SnakeVTR]

sounds more like a driveshaft (intermediate) bearing , i think vts have a bearing on the drivers side driveshaft, they can howl when they go, mine did this at 60mph, and if i accelerated then it would go away, never did it at lower speeds though, does it sound likethe noise in the vid below :y:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukexg142Q6k

[stephenp630]

mate that noise is spot on it. it`s exactly what it sound like

[SnakeVTR]

yeah, that will be the driveshaft bearing, its a horrible noise, you can almost feel it through the pedals , i think you'l be better off getting a new driveshaft from euro car parts, there pretty good :y:

[stephenp630]

so what would i have to purchase to make this go away?

[stephenp630]

that`s perfect mate thanks a lot.

[SnakeVTR]

you would need an o/s/f driveshaft (drivers side) :y: i think there about 45 quid from euro car parts and places like GSF would do them aswell :y:

[SnakeVTR]

no problem mate :y: