daballer2005

Bump! I was hoping that there would be a solution to this as I kept scrolling down but

Car just started making this noise this morning, at least I started noticing it this morning. I'm going to take it in to a Honda dealership today and see what they say.

BukvaMan

I experienced the same whine in lower gears until i replaced the transmission fluid to redline D4. Ive never heard it again.

Nas

I just bought a used 05 5AT 140k kms and same whine starts off low but becomes audible at about 40 km/h and keeps on getting louder until gets ALMOST drowned out at highway speeds. It seems to shift smooth except the slight delay from park to drive or reverse or vice versa. Haven't tried powerbraking yet to rule out torque converter but will try that tomorrow..

I also get noticeable vibration through the steering wheel when the car is in gear as opposed to neutral.. especially when cruising at slow speeds when it goes into 5th gear the rpms drops down to 1500 and there is so much vibration the dash starts to rattle slightly .. I know this is a known issue with these cars but its pretty excessive Im thinking the transmission mounts may have gone bad.

I am going to do a 3x3 transmission drain and refill as well as replace the 3rd and 4th pressure switches and any mounts that need changing soon but I want to know which transmission fluid to use to minimize the whining noise and try and prolong tranny life.

Bukvaman mentioned redline D4.. anyone else?

Anything else I should be looking at?

Thanks in advance

bauermd

iTrader: (1)

TQ converter? I know they like to whine when they are going out.

polobunny

Honda ATF Z1.

Check the motor mounts too.

Majofo

polobunny

Y'all can put some Redline and think you're racing, I'm gonna stick to what the freaking manual says.

Majofo

Honda doesn't make Z1 anymore. It was a shit fluid. It's replaced by DW1 which has less FM, syn, and is fairly thin. Educate yourself you french canadian

polobunny

*facepalm*

Durrr, should have known that. That's what happens when you start drinking before the Xmas party at work.

Majofo

Bryce_kidd

So after reading all the forums about what this noise could be I just took my car to the local acura dealer and decided to let them find out what's wrong. Turns out, one of my front wheel bearing was going bad. And after replacing it, everything was back gl normal!!

WhatFurrer

What did the wheel bearing replacement cost you at the dealership? Think I have the same issue, and can probably do it myself but do not have a press...

Thanks,

WhatFurrer

z_johnq

Sorry to bring this up after a few years. But my 1999 tl has the similar issues. It's true that the whining noise sounds like a supercharge one. The faster the car goes, the louder it will be. A mechanic told me it was a wheel bearing issue. I checked the front wheels after jacked up them. It feels like almost zero clearance on either side. Then I did another test. I jacked up both front wheels and started the engine and placed the tranny in drive. Then pressed the gas gradually. I did not hear any noise at all. So if it's the bearing problems, I was supposed to hear something, wasn't I? But it definitely has something to do with suspension components, right?

When driving, I have no problems moving forward and backward and no noise when changing gears. I doubt it's the tranny issues. The drive belts are only a few months old.

I'm planning to take the car to a dealer but not sure it they can detect the problems.

Thanks in advance.