Whining noise

[duckers26]

The car in question is a 2005 Golf automatic and I have noticed that when I lift of the throttle there is a whining noise that sounds like it is coming from the transmission. It stops if I press the accelerator again. Is this normal with automatic gearboxes? I seem to remember my parent's BMW doing it as well.

[v8will]

I read this and immediately thought of my wife.

My old Volvo and my current Lexus have a slight whine at low speeds, always assumed it was the torque convertor.

[bamberwell]

v8will said:

I read this and immediately thought of my wife.

My old Volvo and my current Lexus have a slight whine at low speeds, always assumed it was the torque convertor.

lol me too!!

[duckers26]

Any more mechanical thoughts?!

[B'stard Child]

duckers26 said:

Any more mechanical thoughts?!

Nope - definately the wife

[duckers26]

B'stard Child said:

Nope - definately the wife

I give up! If it explodes into a thousand bits I'll blame you lot!

[Killer2005]

duckers26 said:

B'stard Child said:

Nope - definately the wife

I give up! If it explodes into a thousand bits I'll blame you lot!

The wife or the car?

[VPower]

Sensible answer is to get it to an auto specilist, could just need a filter and oil change.

But if you leave it, it will only get worse!

[duckers26]

VPower said:

Sensible answer is to get it to an auto specilist, could just need a filter and oil change.

But if you leave it, it will only get worse!

It's not normal to have a faint whining noise when you lift of the throttle about 30-60mph? Goes away immediately if I touch the accelerator.

[B'stard Child]

duckers26 said:

VPower said:

Sensible answer is to get it to an auto specilist, could just need a filter and oil change.

But if you leave it, it will only get worse!

It's not normal to have a faint whining noise when you lift of the throttle about 30-60mph? Goes away immediately if I touch the accelerator.

I've never noticed it above the noise of knackered diffs in my Vauxhall autos so I really couldn't comment

[VPower]

duckers26 said:

It's not normal to have a faint whining noise when you lift of the throttle about 30-60mph? Goes away immediately if I touch the accelerator.

Well you need either expert advice, or other owners of the same model to confirm if it is normal for that car.

I suspect gear whine on lift off could be due to a bearing starting to wear.

[mybrainhurts]

bamberwell said:

v8will said:

I read this and immediately thought of my wife.

My old Volvo and my current Lexus have a slight whine at low speeds, always assumed it was the torque convertor.

lol me too!!

No, just the torque converter...