Weird engine whine around 1-1.5K RPMs....
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ok, heres the problem. it normally happens when i slowly accelerate and the cruise at 1-to 1.5k rpms, my engine makes this horrid whining. i know it is NOT the transmission because it shifts ever so beautifully from 2nd to 3rd.
but what im worried about is that i might have a loose belt or it may be worn down. ![Why Me](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/whyme.gif)
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can anyone help me on this, or has experienced this themselves? what should i check for?
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can anyone help me on this, or has experienced this themselves? what should i check for?
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it sounds like a belt and/or tensioner went bad. I have not had that on my TL but on the other cars that what it was. Turn on your AC and see if it makes it better or worse. if it does then it's a belt problem since AC pump puts more load on the belt and tensioner.
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ok, heres the problem. it normally happens when i slowly accelerate and the cruise at 1-to 1.5k rpms, my engine makes this horrid whining. i know it is NOT the transmission because it shifts ever so beautifully from 2nd to 3rd.
but what im worried about is that i might have a loose belt or it may be worn down. ![Why Me](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/whyme.gif)
![ugh](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/ugh.gif)
can anyone help me on this, or has experienced this themselves? what should i check for?
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can anyone help me on this, or has experienced this themselves? what should i check for?
You can check if it's your tensioner pretty easily... Just remove the belt, and see if the tensionor pulley spins freely...
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no not intake, sadly i only have one mod lol debaged, and i havent taken out the silencer so
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Does the whine match engine RPM? And is it only in a particular gear? For example, when tranny pressure regulator started going out in my other car, it would whine between 1k and 3k rpm, but only in 1st gear. It would shift fine to 2nd gear, but the whine would disappear after it shifted.
You can check if it's your tensioner pretty easily... Just remove the belt, and see if the tensionor pulley spins freely...
You can check if it's your tensioner pretty easily... Just remove the belt, and see if the tensionor pulley spins freely...
now, how exactly would i get to the pulley?
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yes it does, and im pretty sure its in 2nd, ill test that this afternoon. as for the tranny pressure regulator, im not sure, i only get the whine from 1-1.5k, never above, and never below. when i shift to whatever gear is above the one that induces the whining, not sure which yet, it goes away.
now, how exactly would i get to the pulley?
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now, how exactly would i get to the pulley?
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I know on my G35, it doesn't have a spring loaded tensioner, but the tensioner has a big brass bolt on the bottom of the assembly, where tightening/loosening the bolt, moves the pulley assembly up/down, accomplishing the same thing... The TL is bound to use one of these two mechanisms...
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The stock intake does whistle very slightly sometimes around that rpm range you've mentioned (mine does that, I think it's normal)...but your issue seems louder and more pronounced...so it's probably not that. Definitely could be a belt like everyone else said. Good luck with the fix.
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