My '99 Suburban 1500, 5.7 V8, auto trans, 52k miles, has developed a noise, sort of a whirring, whining type of noise. It is audible (kinda loud, too) as I accelerate from a stop, increasing in pitch as the revs go up. When the tranny shifts into second gear the whine reduces in pitch but goes up again as revs go up. I don't hear it in third or fourth. It is most evident when the tranny is cold, like in the morning. Is a new tranny in my near future? Fluid level is ok, shifts feel normal.
Thanks in advance!
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