Hi Chris
Its definitely not a turbo whistle, I drive a Citroen synergie so I know
that sound very well.
Its more of a tuning fork sort of whistle / hum, bloody hard to explain
really. As soon as you point it out to anyone they can then hear it all the
time. I have a feeling its coming from around the diesel injection pump
area, although I am not sure.
Apart from this and the tachco not working its a brilliant van, it drives
like a rocket for a diesel and pulls like a train. I will try and pop into a
dealer tomorrow if I get the chance and see what they say. The tachco I live
without , but the bloody whistle at low rev's in the background is another
matter.
I'll let you know how I get on.
(never had all this electronic gubbins in my old 205GTI )
Gary
>>>> "Chris" <chris@orbsrealm.com> wrote in message >>
>>>>> No sunny day for sunday so you can do it and get a tan aswell hahahah
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> but its because i got to replace the fan belt.spray wd40 on it and see if
> the noise gos.i did on mione and it stopped, so i know its the belt.
Gary G Jones - 16 Oct 2006 16:25 GMT
WOOOHOOO I have managed to find the whistle / hum
it turned out to be one of the metal fuel pipes acting like a tuning fork at
certain revs
The cure was to place a piece of wood on the pipe and hit it with a hammer.
Hum gone. It was that simple, only took me 2 days to find it. At least I
can now keep the van and maybe even enjoy driving it.
As for the tacho I have booked it in for Friday morning to get it looked at.
I hope that it is the pick-up sensor connection like you suggested and I
have just missed it.
I will keep you posted on the findings
Gary
> Hi Chris
> Its definitely not a turbo whistle, I drive a Citroen synergie so I know
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>> but its because i got to replace the fan belt.spray wd40 on it and see if
>> the noise gos.i did on mione and it stopped, so i know its the belt.
Keith Willcocks - 16 Oct 2006 18:13 GMT
Do you really need the tachometer? We never used to have them and drove by
ear and seat of pants. I'd be inclined to save the money myself.

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> WOOOHOOO I have managed to find the whistle / hum
> it turned out to be one of the metal fuel pipes acting like a tuning fork
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>>> but its because i got to replace the fan belt.spray wd40 on it and see
>>> if the noise gos.i did on mione and it stopped, so i know its the belt.
Gary G Jones - 16 Oct 2006 19:01 GMT
Hi Keith,
To be honest, no I don't need it.
It just gets on my nerves that its fitted and does not work.
I'm not really sure why they started to fit tacho's to diesels anyway. As
you say I have done many thousands of miles with out the aid of a tacho.I
suppose they fit them so people like me waste money getting them sorted out
when they pack up.
Cheers
Gary
> Do you really need the tachometer? We never used to have them and drove
> by ear and seat of pants. I'd be inclined to save the money myself.
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>>>> and see if the noise gos.i did on mione and it stopped, so i know its
>>>> the belt.
Chris - 16 Oct 2006 20:05 GMT
> WOOOHOOO I have managed to find the whistle / hum
> it turned out to be one of the metal fuel pipes acting like a tuning fork at
[quoted text clipped - 35 lines]
>>> but its because i got to replace the fan belt.spray wd40 on it and see if
>>> the noise gos.i did on mione and it stopped, so i know its the belt.
You dont need a rev counter just wait till the engine dont go any
faster.or wait for a BANG.. HAHAHAH
Michael Roche - 16 Oct 2006 21:18 GMT
Gary
Check the alternator bearings.
Mike
> Hi Chris
> Its definitely not a turbo whistle, I drive a Citroen synergie so I know
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
> > but its because i got to replace the fan belt.spray wd40 on it and see if
> > the noise gos.i did on mione and it stopped, so i know its the belt.
Gary G Jones - 16 Oct 2006 21:37 GMT
Thanks to all who suggested places to look for the whistle / hum
WOOOHOOO I have managed to find the whistle / hum
it turned out to be one of the metal fuel pipes acting like a tuning fork at
certain revs
The cure was to place a piece of wood on the pipe and hit it with a hammer.
Hum gone. It was that simple, only took me 2 days to find it. At least I
can now keep the van and maybe even enjoy driving it.
As for the tacho I have booked it in for Friday morning to get it looked at.
I hope that it is the pick-up sensor connection like you suggested and I
have just missed it.
I will keep you posted on the findings
Gary