# whining noise from tranny...
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive
**Created:** [May 21, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014 "2004-05-21T17:09:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@C\_J\_Fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/C_J_Fly)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014/1 "2004-05-21T17:09:34Z")
I’m getting a whining noise coming from my tranny while going forward. The same noise that you would hear while going in reverse. Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@C\_J\_Fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/C_J_Fly)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014/2 "2004-05-21T18:41:16Z")
brakes were just done, it just strted today. I was driving and it popped out of gear. I had a hard time putting it back into gear, but when I did, my car sounded like it was going in reverse…
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### Author:  [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014/3 "2004-05-21T22:09:48Z")
What kind of shifter do you have?
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### Author:  [@AnDrEw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AnDrEw)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014/4 "2004-05-21T23:41:48Z")
my tranny wines too. I don’t think its a problem. It wines in low first and second. My tranny is mint. Unless the gears are grinding or you have syncro gittering(sp?) I wouldn’t worry much.
But if its sounds exacly like reverse and the wine speeds up as your car speeds up, you have a problem.
Reverse wines because IIRC they don’t use spiral gears, they use strait cut gears. The are noiser.
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### Author:  [@Sven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sven)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014/5 "2004-05-22T05:20:06Z")
> [@AnDrEw](#):
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> my tranny wines too.
> My tranny is mint.
One of these things is not like the other … 😉
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### Author:  [@AnDrEw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AnDrEw)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2004, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014/6 "2004-05-22T08:03:17Z")
> [@Sven](#):
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> [quote=AnDrEw]my tranny wines too.
> My tranny is mint.
One of these things is not like the other … ;)[/quote]
:lol: it wines but its hardly noticable unless you pay attention. All trannies are going to wine a bit. Your meshing gears…
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### Author:  [@C\_J\_Fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/C_J_Fly)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014/7 "2004-05-23T20:20:06Z")
> [@SHIFT\_SR20DET](#):
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> What kind of shifter do you have?
the car is stock…the whining noise is pretty loud while going forward, louder than reverse actually…
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### Author:  [@MRWmotorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MRWmotorsports)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014/8 "2004-05-26T14:56:40Z")
> [@C J Fly](#):
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> [quote=SHIFT\_SR20DET]What kind of shifter do you have?
the car is stock…the whining noise is pretty loud while going forward, louder than reverse actually…[/quote]
It sounds like the bearings in your tranny are fucked, probably because there’s no oil in there. It will seaze eventually if you keep driving it, leaving you stranded and needing a tow. Check the oil in the trans, drain some out, if there’s any left. If it’s full of metalic bits find a used trans and change it. If there’s no oil in the trans change the trans.
-Martin.
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### Author:  [@AnDrEw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AnDrEw)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014/9 "2004-05-26T16:05:42Z")
> [@MRWmotorsports](#):
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> [quote=C J Fly][quote=SHIFT\_SR20DET]What kind of shifter do you have?
the car is stock…the whining noise is pretty loud while going forward, louder than reverse actually…[/quote]
It sounds like the bearings in your tranny are f\*\*ked, probably because there’s no oil in there. It will seaze eventually if you keep driving it, leaving you stranded and needing a tow. Check the oil in the trans, drain some out, if there’s any left. If it’s full of metalic bits find a used trans and change it. If there’s no oil in the trans change the trans.
-Martin.[/quote]
yeah good point Martin. I bet thats exacly what it is, bearings. Would it be possible to loose 2.4L of tranny fluid without noticing tho? Wouldn’t you have to blow a seal. Would be a pudle in the driveway. Thats what leans me to bearings as Martin said.
Andrew.
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### Author:  [@MRWmotorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MRWmotorsports)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whining-noise-from-tranny/81014/10 "2004-05-27T06:18:17Z")
> [@AnDrEw](#):
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> yeah good point Martin. I bet thats exacly what it is, bearings. Would it be possible to loose 2.4L of tranny fluid without noticing tho? Wouldn’t you have to blow a seal. Would be a pudle in the driveway. Thats what leans me to bearings as Martin said.
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> Andrew.
There wouldn’t necessarily be a puddle, often oil will leak slowly and you won’t notice, or it could blow the seal while driving and all leak before you get to your regular parking spot. Or bearings can just wear out from abuse, gear grinding, chunks of metal in teh oil getting into them and wearing them. Drifting is especially hard on a trans…
Basically the fact he says it whins real loud in both forward and reveres, and when it’s hot it’s difficult to go into gear at all tells me that trans is fucked…
-Martin.