whine when cold

[Greeny.]

My 172 since ive had it basicly whines when the engine is cold, it goes away in like 2 minutes after driving, possible causes and/or fixes?

 

[Tucker]

yepo, mine did.

had a new aux belt and the alternator checked and turned out i was missing bolts from alternator.

some of the aux belt pulleys might need checking. Mark fish ftw.

 

[kristian]

my 182 always has whined 2. power steering pump on mine i think.

 

[Greeny.]

yepo, mine did.

had a new aux belt and the alternator checked and turned out i was missing bolts from alternator.

some of the aux belt pulleys might need checking. Mark fish ftw.

Not really what I wanted to hear

 

[richy22]

Mine does it too...nothing has ever broken and it goes away after a minute or so.



Its french its bound to have random noises and squeaks

 

[Greeny.]

Strange that it goes away after a few minutes I thought.. :/ If it was a cambelt idler pully surely it would be constant?

 

[franx]

^^ think it's indeed PAS pump or something.. When warms up the noise dies out. Mine had full cam/aux belt service and noise is still there ! So my guess is PAS pump too

 

[Greeny.]

Suppose that makes sense as my PAS has given me abit of trouble in the past, have to look into a replacement. What sort of cost are we looking at? What belt wraps around this, cambelt I take it?

 

[franx]

Suppose that makes sense as my PAS has given me abit of trouble in the past, have to look into a replacement. What sort of cost are we looking at? What belt wraps around this, cambelt I take it?

No, i think the aux belt is to drive all auxhilary pumps etc.

Cambelt only for timing/cams

not sure about costs. pm Mike@Rentech or Fred

 

[Greeny.]

Im clearly stupid thinking it was the cam belt lol Thanks fellow Fastchip follower

 

[Greeny.]

Also to note the whine changes tone the higher the revs go when the car is sat on idle, does this help in the diagnosis at all?

 

[Tucker]

has the power steering fluid cap got a milky build up on the inside of it??

 

[Greeny.]

has the power steering fluid cap got a milky build up on the inside of it??

Will need to have a look later, what if it does? Pump is on its way out?

 

[clio_luke]

mine does it from cold. stops after about 1min. don't think its anything to worry about.

 

[fraserd007]

mine does it too, had new belts and still does it, i wouldnt worry about it.

 

[yap]

My does it too. someone must be able to put a finger on it. After a min it goes?

 

[rabbit21]

Mine does this too, nothing to worry about mate

 

[caister]

Mine also a well known specialist told me its nothing to worry about

 

[Greeny.]

Woah, thread back from the grave!

Mine did worry me as I thought it might have been my idler pulley about to go, its damn loud on cold mornings!

 

[kevin.s]

mine does it too, had new belts and still does it, i wouldnt worry about it.

+1 mine too. its always done it

 

[richy22]

Woah, thread back from the grave!

Mine did worry me as I thought it might have been my idler pulley about to go, its damn loud on cold mornings!

I wouldnt worry too much Dan...Mine is like that too! Someone at work commented on it recently and I said its always done that and stops after a while...after 2 mins or so it had indeed gone and he was like... "oh thats weird"!