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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.

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

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??

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...

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

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

polo_gti21 wrote: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.

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