Weird whining noise

Sportback · Post by **Sportback** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:36 pm

Has anyone had a noise which I have started to get recently.

When accelerating and you take your foot off the accelerator, I hear a sort of whining noise coming from the right hand side. It sort of goes bah, bah bah bah.

It only does it in the circumstance where you quickly take your foot off the accelerator. If you silly take your foot off and slowly release the acelerator you hear no noise.....

Any ideas?

SB

Ian.g · Post by **Ian.g** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:03 pm

Could it be your other half complaining about your driving? I suppose that would come from the left though

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:11 pm

Turbo wastegate?
Do you also get an exhaust pop?

(PS Long time no see!)

happy days · Post by **happy days** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:19 am

Maybe take a wee video of it happening on your phone? Then we can all hear it?

spook · Post by **spook** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:46 am

happy days wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:19 am Maybe take a wee video of it happening on your phone?

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ScotMac · Post by **ScotMac** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:59 pm

Ian.g wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:03 pm Could it be your other half complaining about your driving? I suppose that would come from the left though

That was my thoughts

I suppose that would be blah blah blah

Sportback · Post by **Sportback** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:54 pm

Thanks guys......

I am not sure it would be sufficient to pick up on a camera phone. I will see what they say when it goes in as the 1st service is due

SB

Nosmo · Post by **Nosmo** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:34 pm

Although I can report I had a whining noise from the right hand side, it didn't manifest itself under throttle lift. It was (correctly) identified as the aircon compressor. After a replacement was fitted (saving me a paid for top up next later this year

) it was gone.

On-Track · Post by **On-Track** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:33 am

Sportback wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:36 pm Has anyone had a noise which I have started to get recently.

When accelerating and you take your foot off the accelerator, I hear a sort of whining noise coming from the right hand side. It sort of goes bah, bah bah bah.

It only does it in the circumstance where you quickly take your foot off the accelerator. If you silly take your foot off and slowly release the acelerator you hear no noise.....

Any ideas?

SB

Unless you're in sport or have stop/start turned off, when you slowly take your foot of the throttle the engine will drop back to idle and disengage from the transmission. Try letting that happen then turn off stop/start and see if the whining starts. At least that gives you some extra info for the dealer when you take the car in.

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