Whining noise when accelarating

[kelly84]

Please can any1 help me.

I have Bryony's old Polo and am loving it but am having some problems.

When i accelarate there is a loud whining noise but as soon as i take my foot off the pedal it stops. Any ideas????

Also the last few days at a constant speed my car starts spluttering and feels like its losing power and also bunny hop's sometimes on the pull away. Could it be a bad batch of petrol or something else.

Need to get it all sorted before i take it to Donny 08 next weekend.

Please help im a women in distress.

[Silky V]

It could be your gearbox. Have you had your cambelt and tensioners changed recently?

[kelly84]

Gearbox was re-cond about a year ago and no not changed those parts. Are they easy to do as have a mate who is dab handy at mechanics??

[tegwin]

Mine whines like a b***h...I just pretend its the turbo screaming and turn the radio up...


Im fairly sure its one of the belts/assosiated bearings thats making the noise but until it gets worse or starts to p*** me off, its going to stay as is...

[Mouse_GTI]

Might be the gearbox. Mine has started making faint whining noises as of a couple of weeks ago. You can hear it slightly in fifth, more so when you press the accelerator

[polo_gti21]

might be the wheel bearing mine has started to do it.
on the list of to do's when the weather gets better

[Tim_GTi]

might be the wheel bearing mine has started to do it.
on the list of to do's when the weather gets better

Nah a wheel bearing is speed related, not accelerator related.

[my_little_polo]

mine does it in 5th when accelarating, it sounds like your gearbox.