Hi all,
I've recently bought a Rover 220GSi (NA, not turbo). I've been noticing a whine that I assume is coming from the gearbox (but only because I've heard of gearboxes whining, not because I know for sure).
It's most noticeable in 2nd gear, but not really upon acceleration, more when the car is slowing down under engine breaking - this may partly be because the engine drowns it out when accelerating. It's not massively loud, but it is louder than my 120,000 mile 216, and this car only has 70,000 on the clock. If I disengage the clutch the noise stops.
Is this something I should be worried about? Is it something that needs to be fixed before it costs me a load of money?
I'm quite happy to ignore the noise so long as it'd not damaging anything.
Any views/comments would be welcomed.
Luke