It would be lovely to know if anyone's had this problem or knows what one earth it could be! If I don't get this fixed I am going to lose my mind!
Every time I put my foot down on the accelerator my car makes an extremely annoying high pitch whistle sound, it doesn't continue if I keep my foot down it only makes the noise at first.
It isn't clear exactly where in the engine the noise is coming from and I've had opinions off three different mechanics, one from a Toyota dealer itself. They all assumed this whistle sound was a result of an air leek and a problem with the inlet manifold gasket. After having my engine taken apart and the inlet manifold gasket system changed, it's now clear that this whistle cannot be an air leak! Now each mechanic appears clueless!
The car performance is only slightly affected and not entirely noticeable, when the car whistles it seems to have a tiny flat spot. The engine light isn't on so It can't be causing any damage to the car, only me and my head!
Is the car completely standard, or has an aftermarket filter been added etc?
Might help to narrow down where the whistle is coming from
Thanks for replying so quick!
It's completely standard! I bought it in august it's a w reg. The person before me said it had been making the whistle noise since he had it in 04, i've even had someone say it sounds like the cambelt is slipping but it's not and nothing to do with that.
I personally think it sounds more high pitch when it's been raining.
It could be the accesory drivebelt slipping, this will get worse if it's wet. Inlet manifold noises (downstream of the throttle body) are generally worse when the engine is idling as the vacuum is stronger and will disappear if you accelerate (vaccuum is less). Upstream of the throttle body there isn't enough pressure difference to make it whistle. I'd ask someone to look at the accessory belt tension - if it's been slipping since 2004 it will be pretty worn by now
Hasn't got a cam belt its got a timing chain so no worries there.
Auxilliary belt (fan belt); an easy check just to eliminate.
what is an accessory belt? Sounds like something from Primark
lol!!! primark!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to both of u!
Ahhh I think I have heard someone mention the accessory drivebelt before,
Sorry i'm going to sound like a real girl now, is that under the car? Like when you put your foot down it pushes some thing under the car to the engine, something to do with it's power? oh I don't even know how to explain ?
dont ask me babe, I didnt even know what it was LOL!
lol okay question directed to cclarke99 or anyone else who knows!!!!!!!!!!!
As you look in the engine bay, it's a belt round some pulleys visible low on the right hand side.
Thanks!
Do you think as well this could be the culprit of the whistle?!
I would normally describe a slipping belt fan as a 'screech' noise, rather than a whistle. Does it do it all of the time, or is it intermittent?
There might be a member local to you that could have a listen.
Quote from: "danielle3989"Thanks!
Do you think as well this could be the culprit of the whistle?!
How hot are you? Could be builders etc perhaps?
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Sounds like it could be the belt, this may happen if the tensioner is on it's way out or a bearing is seizing up.
Does the sound seem like it's coming from your right side when you are driving the car.
Where are you based.
Sorry I was in a bit of a hurry replying and didn't explain it properly. It's a drive belt that connects the engine to the alternator, air conditioning pump and water pump. If the belt is loose and the engine speeds up it can't pull the other bits round fast enough and the belt slips, which makes the sound. StuM is right, it's more of a screech than a whistle. It's worse when it's wet, obviously and also often first thing when you start, as it's cold and doesn't grip so well, also because the alternator is working harder to charge the battery. Any garage should be able to look at it and tell you if it's the problem.
Thanks peop!
It's deff worse when wet and I'm not sure about when engine first starts i'll have to listen more... It doesn't happen when the car's over 60mph?
It's a screechy whistle, not like builders lol!!! Maybe more of a screech if you compare to an actually swiss swoooo. Hard to describe! It's deff more of a screech when wet.
Each time I put my foot down and make the car speed up it makes it.
I can't really figure out what side it's coming from, if i have a passenger they'll say it's behind them which would be left but when I have my window open or roof down i think it's behind me!!! It's just loud!
Is it quite rare because it didn't pop to any of the mechanics minds when listening?
I'm in Bristol.
it does sound like the belt is slipping, but I'd have thought a mechanic would have picked it up straight away. I assume they've gone out in the car and heard it?
Oh yes!!
Two have raced it around to get the ear full, their heart was set on it being an air leek though.
Can this happen to all cars?
One mechanic used to work for peugeot and said he's never heard anything like it and the other deals with all sorts except bmw''s. I even asked a toyota mechanic and he was like inlet manifold gasket for sure bla bla bla
I just spoke to one of the mechanics again he doesn't live far and he's determined it's still and air noise just doesn't know what!
you didn't get done by this lot did you
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replace the whistle with a horn
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Those two black dudes looked scared, probably thought it was a drive by s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
No I don't think they did it!!! lol
If changed the lovely screechy whistle to a horn I think i'd cause a lot of accidents !
Including my own !
That was indeed terrifying.
Will anyone ever no what's what with my poor baby s:( :( s:(
where are you located btw? i can recommend a garage that will probably find your whistle sound if in the midlands. You dont have an induction kit of any sort do you?
Can you not get an experienced member near you to take a look?Where in the country are you?
other thing maybe, you didn't buy a turbo roadster did you?
lol, I think they mechanics would have noticed one of those in the engine bay s:) :) s:)
lol they would be pretty stupid not to wouldn't they. I have an excuse for not knowing i'm female and i wasn't told it was!
I'm in bristol.
Both the mechanics i know look at my car for me on the side so they make their own money and I get it done cheaper,
so they look after work or on weekend and they're both saying they'll have to take the engine apart again which'll mean i'll be without it for like a week!
Well I gotta get around
they couldn't figure it out first time so i'm in two minds whether it's even worth it! That's my last option.
I'd rather someone be able to identify so i can plan what to do!
It's like no one's come across it before. It's ridiculously !
Some one somewhere must have had this problem it can't be the only screechy whistler one!
A week to change the inlet manifold gasket is a tad unrealistic. 6 hours, maybe 8 if you haven't done it on a 2 before? s:scared: :scared: s:scared:
Get it done then you will know for sure whether or not that is / was the problem. Just make sure they check the drive belt (fan belt) first.
I already had it done s:( :( s:(
That's the prob it isn't that so they wanna take it allllll apart to see.
Quote from: "mrzwei"A week to change the inlet manifold gasket is a tad unrealistic. 6 hours, maybe 8 if you haven't done it on a 2 before? s:scared: :scared: s:scared:
Get it done then you will know for sure whether or not that is / was the problem. Just make sure they check the brive belt (fan belt) first.
Its an outside possibility but if the chain tensioner has been messed with and extended to far so that the timing chain is too tight it will make a zzzzzzzzzzzzzerr zzzzzzzzerr type noise a bit like a turbo.
This noise is like turbo gone wrong.
I wish I could record the sound and put it on here so you could hear
This is my best description, imagine you put your foot down:
SWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
s:crazyeyes: :crazyeyes: s:crazyeyes:
under the whistle you can hear the nice sound of the engine.
And when it's wet it's more high pitch.
It doesn't sound like those silly fake turbo whistles it's more screechy.
The guy who had the car before said it's made the noise it since he bought it.
Has'nt got one of those stupid turbo whistle things in the exhaust?
Plus why did you buy it with an unidentified whistle?
does it do it throughout the revrange?
And based on doing it more when wet does point to some kind of ancilliary belt slippage.
My S2k makes a strange whistling noise at 2-40000 revs, but this seems to be the monster carbon intake system playing like an instrument through this revrange.
my money would be on intake or ancilliary belt or their pulley bearings
lol that's a good question.
Because I went there with a mechanic from the area (got it from bournemouth) and they said it sounds like the cambelt or somin else beginin with c which would be max 200 to fix, and being a female i trusted the mechanic! To then find it doesn't even have a cambelt.
Nah i've had a new exhaust.
And everything else was spot on it doesn't look nearly 10 years old looks like 3, picked it up for a decent price.
Yes it doesn't do it when above 4. Did it do that each time u accelerated?
I'm based in Bristol (work on the Aztec West estate), I'd be happy to listen to it, might be able to help?
Sounds like idler bearing worn, as mentioned...but could also be water pump bearing on the way out..?
Alternators can also make screeching noises when worn.....
Does it do it if the car is standing, or is it only when youre moving?
If its only when you're moving, it could be the gearbox.......
Does it do it whatever gear you're in........does it go away when you rev in neutral...?
So many questions.......! s:D :D s:D
Quote from: "Chris_h"My S2k makes a strange whistling noise at 2-40000 revs,
Christ Chris at 40000 revs mine would screech to. s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
Quote from: "cclarke99"I'm based in Bristol (work on the Aztec West estate), I'd be happy to listen to it, might be able to help?
You're joking! I only live in Bradley stoke! Love if you could have a listen when would u want to?
Quote from: "Dyn-Evo"Sounds like idler bearing worn, as mentioned...but could also be water pump bearing on the way out..?
Alternators can also make screeching noises when worn.....
Does it do it if the car is standing, or is it only when youre moving?
If its only when you're moving, it could be the gearbox.......
Does it do it whatever gear you're in........does it go away when you rev in neutral...?
So many questions.......! s:D :D s:D
So many questions lol ask away I should arrange a toyota roadster owner meeting for this one!
It's whenever I put my foot down, whenever it's trying to speed up, if I have it in 4th gear at 35 or 5th gear at 40 it'll screechy whistle like a b*tch.
Quote from: "danielle3989"It's whenever I put my foot down, whenever it's trying to speed up, if I have it in 4th gear at 35 or 5th gear at 40 it'll screechy whistle like a b*tch.
To clarify......it does it whenever the engine is revved (stationary/ neutral).......or only when the engine is under load, and the car is moving...?
I had a screechy noise on mine once and it took a bit of finding, in the end it turned out to be a loose bracket on my exhaust system which made a washer scream like a banshee when accelerating s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Quote from: "Dyn-Evo"Quote from: "danielle3989"It's whenever I put my foot down, whenever it's trying to speed up, if I have it in 4th gear at 35 or 5th gear at 40 it'll screechy whistle like a b*tch.
To clarify......it does it whenever the engine is revved (stationary/ neutral).......or only when the engine is under load, and the car is moving...?
Sorry! Whenever revved! So stationary or moving...
Quote from: "Les"I had a screechy noise on mine once and it took a bit of finding, in the end it turned out to be a loose bracket on my exhaust system which made a washer scream like a banshee when accelerating s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Did it do this whenever u revved like mine? loose bracket hey, did it sound like an air leak?
I'm wondering if it could be a stuck PCV or even the Carbon cannister.
I can definitely hear mine sucking through the cannister on take off, causes a rattle in the cannister itself at times.
Quote from: "danielle3989"Quote from: "Les"I had a screechy noise on mine once and it took a bit of finding, in the end it turned out to be a loose bracket on my exhaust system which made a washer scream like a banshee when accelerating s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Did it do this whenever u revved like mine? loose bracket hey, did it sound like an air leak?
Wouldn't say it sounded like an air leak but definitely a high pitched screech on acceleration or stationary revving s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Do ya remember if it was worse when wet?
Were the mechanics kinda clueless when you first showed them then, how long did it take before it was discovered?
I'm gonna give her in monday to be searched again i'll mention loose bracket. Pain in the bum!
Found it myself.....Over thirty years workshop experience gives me an edge s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Quote from: "Les"Found it myself.....Over thirty years workshop experience gives me an edge s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Oww wanna find what's blimin wrong with mine? lol not fair i wish i could do it myself like u did
Did you find out what this was cuz mine does it s:( :( s:(
Just thought i'd post up what i found for anyone else that might have this problem
My problem was the cat
When i had it removed we found that there was hardly anything left of it which was making the whistle sound
New custom exhaust with sports cat has solved my problem s:D :D s:D
Interesting that's the second main cat I've heard of disintegration recently!
Quote from: "uktotty"what is an accessory belt? Sounds like something from Primark
Made me giggle lol!!
You sure your car isnt supercharged s:) :) s:)
But more seriously, it could be a loose bearing (but thats generally more of a wurring sound).
Have you had the car pressure tested for air leaks, water leaks, etc ? Not sure if this would help...
Im not sure how much its going to cost to have belts replaced, but im sure its worth replacing if not expensive?
Can you run a car without certain belts? I know you can run without auxilary (correct me if im wrong), but the alternator, etc wont charge, power steering wont work... but might help diagnose where the issue lies.
(im not a mechanic, but just trying to think of issues from my previous cars)
Quote from: "The Gimp"Can you run a car without certain belts? I know you can run without auxilary (correct me if Im wrong), but the alternator, etc wont charge, power steering wont work... but might help diagnose where the issue lies.
(Im not a mechanic, but just trying to think of issues from my previous cars)
You can run them for a short period, but remember your water pump is also driven by this belt and it will overheat after a period of time.
Power steering is an electric pump at the front on the car s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Rob.
Quote from: "FGrob"You can run them for a short period, but remember your water pump is also driven by this belt and it will overheat after a period of time.
Power steering is an electric pump at the front on the car s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Rob.
Cheers Rob s;) ;) s;)
Maybe worth removing the aux belt, give it a rev ... listen to see if the whistle is still there then?
My mate has a supercharger sound coming from his car yesterday, due to a loose belt... Might be an idea to check tension on all belts?