Hi everyone,

I have a 2001 A.E. manual tranny and when it's cold or humid there's a whining noise coming from the front axle, when starting from a stop, it dissapears as soon as the car starts moving. There's no subsequent noise when shifting to 2nd, 3rd, etc and the noise seems to dissapear after a while, when the tranny probably warms up. Also, there's no noise when reversing. I was suspecting either the clutch mechanism although I think it would affect reverse too, or possibly (lack of) lubrication in the limited slip differential, but I couldn't find any reference to this so far, does anyone have any ideea about this, is there need to change the lubricant regularly?

Rgds,

Coleus

 

You running GL-4 or synthetic gear oil now? I've noticed much more notchiness in cold on mine since going back to regular GL-4.

 

Just tell it to stop whinning !

 

Bejay1, good question....I don't know if the original owner ever replaced the gear oil, but do you think this could be the cause of that peculiar noise? I could consider a transmission oil change, but how about that limited slip differential, does that require regular maintenance, I saw nothing in the user guide...

Thanks,

Coleus

 

good one. reminds me of that Arnold phone prank. haha

 

My clutch whined before and after I changed my fluid to Amsoil. I have a VLSD also and whine is louder and more often when it is cold but does it even when it is warm. I haven't had any problems in terms of performance though. I can always break rubber no matter what and no slipping whatsoever occurs.