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Car Forum / BMW Cars / December 2005What's this noise?
It sounds like a high frequence virbration (similar to revs), the pitch increases with the speed of the car. Noticable (above other noise) at about 35mph, then gets louder and higher as speed increases. Dipping the clutch, accelerating or cruising has no effect on the noise, so I'm guessing its coming off the wheels/suspension? It sounds like its coming from the rear of the car. I dropped the tire pressure for the recent icy/wet weather., but putting it back up also made no difference. I did do about 1200 miles two weeks ago and 900 miles last week. And about half of that was in wet weather on gritted motorways. I'm guessing something is badly worn as a result. 1994 BMW 320i coupe. >It sounds like a high frequence virbration (similar to revs), >the pitch increases with the speed of the car. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >1994 BMW 320i coupe. Jacking the back up and spinning the wheels by hand would be a decent place to start. I'd check your drive shaft balance if you have a balance AND noise issue... just a guess tho. definately check the oil levels (tranny, diff) and jack the car up and spin both rear tires to be sure the bearings spin freely & there's no play.. >It sounds like a high frequence virbration (similar to revs), >the pitch increases with the speed of the car. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >1994 BMW 320i coupe. --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. > It sounds like a high frequence virbration (similar to revs), > the pitch increases with the speed of the car. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > 1994 BMW 320i coupe. Sounds like a bad wheel bearing. Bingo! My guess is that a wheel bearing is going/gone out. Have it checked out before it becomes a catastrophic failure and leaves you stranded. > It sounds like a high frequence virbration (similar to revs), > the pitch increases with the speed of the car. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > 1994 BMW 320i coupe. > My guess is that a wheel bearing is going/gone out. Have it checked out > before it becomes a catastrophic failure and leaves you stranded. Putting it in the Garage Monday morning. The Inspection II light also came on , so I guess I'll have to grease up :). I have to do about 20 town miles on Sunday. Hopefully it will last me until Monday ! Lordy 20 miles shouldn't be the make-or-break on this. >> My guess is that a wheel bearing is going/gone out. Have it checked out >> before it becomes a catastrophic failure and leaves you stranded. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Lordy >>My guess is that a wheel bearing is going/gone out. Have it checked out >>before it becomes a catastrophic failure and leaves you stranded. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Lordy There are no grease fittings on your car unless you added them.  Signature-Fred W Is your car a manual? Does it make the same noise if you are not in gear and just rolling along in neutral? (note: you have to actually be in neutral - disengaging the clutch just disconnects the transmission from the engine - if you are still in gear with the clutch disengaged, you will still hear the whine) My car (2004 E46 318i manual) has a transmission whine, particularly in the lower gears - it is normal and nothing to worry about. If this has just appeared then it is probably not normal! Paul > It sounds like a high frequence virbration (similar to revs), > the pitch increases with the speed of the car. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > 1994 BMW 320i coupe. > Is your car a manual? > Does it make the same noise if you are not in gear and just rolling along [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > the lower gears - it is normal and nothing to worry about. If this has > just appeared then it is probably not normal! I'd be a bit riled if I'd just spend a fair wedge on a new BMW and it had a whiney gearbox from fresh... It is not fairly quite and only noticable in 1st and 2nd gears with the window rolled down and a wall next to the car so the sound is reflected. Otherwise I can't hear it at all. If it were louder I sure would be annoyed! Paul >> Is your car a manual? >> Does it make the same noise if you are not in gear and just rolling along [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I'd be a bit riled if I'd just spend a fair wedge on a new BMW and it had > a whiney gearbox from fresh... Gee... nice typos! I meant to say that 'It is not loud' and then I changed it to 'It is fairly quiet' but I forgot to delete the 'not' and I mistyped 'quiet'!! Paul > It is not fairly quite and only noticable in 1st and 2nd gears with the > window rolled down and a wall next to the car so the sound is reflected. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> I'd be a bit riled if I'd just spend a fair wedge on a new BMW and it had >> a whiney gearbox from fresh... > It sounds like a high frequence virbration (similar to revs), > the pitch increases with the speed of the car. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > 1994 BMW 320i coupe. Could be the differential. Is it more noticeable on sharp corners, especially in reverse? >> It sounds like a high frequence virbration (similar to revs), >> the pitch increases with the speed of the car. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Could be the differential. Is it more noticeable on sharp corners, > especially in reverse? Where are you taking sharp corners in reverse? is that kind of like driving on the left side of the road? ;-) Matt |
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