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Ok so the problem recently started a few weeks back, when the weather started to get cold i guess. When my engine is at idle/low revs my car seems to make a squeaking noise, almost as if a bird was chirping! Checked the belts and they seem fine, the noise doesn't really seem to be coming from the engine bay. I have also noticed it gets slightly worse when the engine has warmed up, maybe its just coincidence. It sounds like it is underneath the car towards the front. The noise goes away once i'm above 1.5k revs and also goes away above about 30-40mph. I also notice it makes a short chirping noise on start up but goes away immediately, it also chirps when I turn the engine off too.
I'm quite concerned, but could it just be the cold weather? Or simply some bearings/seals? Sorry I'm pretty amateur when it comes to mechanical issues, gotta start somewhere I suppose.
Any help at all will be appreciated, I wanna have a decent idea of what it could be before I let a garage charge me ££££'s for something i don't need.
Hopefully its not the gearbox :'(
EDIT : All the belts/dephaser were changed less than 10k miles ago
Ok so the problem recently started a few weeks back, when the weather started to get cold i guess. When my engine is at idle/low revs my car seems to make a squeaking noise, almost as if a bird was chirping! Checked the belts and they seem fine, the noise doesn't really seem to be coming from the engine bay. I have also noticed it gets slightly worse when the engine has warmed up, maybe its just coincidence. It sounds like it is underneath the car towards the front. The noise goes away once i'm above 1.5k revs and also goes away above about 30-40mph. I also notice it makes a short chirping noise on start up but goes away immediately, it also chirps when I turn the engine off too.
I'm quite concerned, but could it just be the cold weather? Or simply some bearings/seals? Sorry I'm pretty amateur when it comes to mechanical issues, gotta start somewhere I suppose.
Any help at all will be appreciated, I wanna have a decent idea of what it could be before I let a garage charge me ££££'s for something i don't need.
Hopefully its not the gearbox :'(
EDIT : All the belts/dephaser were changed less than 10k miles ago
