Nick

Hi

I have a WR1 on 28k miles, I've recently had the 30k service done at Ashburton Motors.

I went on a motorway trip of around 350 miles last week, all at relatively sedate speeds. When I pulled off the motorway, I noticed a ringing sound that didn't seem to be affected by engine speed, but stopped when the car stopped. When I but the car out of gear & sat idling in neutral, there seemed to be a short whine, just after going into neutral. For the rest of the time, I drove very carefully. The next morning, the symptoms had gone. The car performs as normal & the clutch seems fine, although the bite position is fairly high on the pedal travel.

What could be wrong please?

klunker

iTrader: (4)

Could be your Aircon compressor.
They are lubricated by the Aircon gas so you really need to run them for ten minutes every week.

I had this and it steadily got worse till I decided to take this to the garage, I ran the aircon with full 'coldness' and by the time I got to the garage it was purring like a kitten. LOL

Trying explaining to the garage, that you had a noise but after reading the handbook about running the aircon, you have now realised that the Aircon needs to be run for ten minutes a week, sorry.......... see ya.

The rookie

iTrader: (1)

Could it be rear brakes (sometimes front) they give a slight 'whistle/ring' noise, constant tone that stops just away from stationary.

Simon

Nick

Thanks guys

I spoke to a mechanic at Ashburton, he said that it sounded like a stone got stuck in the brakes for a while.

I dunno, there's no symptoms now - I'll feedback if anything turns up/breaks.