I was driving my car today and all of a sudden it starts this whinning noise. The note changes with my RPMs if I down shift acc. ect. ect. it sounds like its comming from the engine it doesnt sound like a normal boost or vac leak its not like anything Iv heard on the car. car seems to drive the same and seems to idle good. Iv searched some possible a problem with the cluch or tranny thorw out bering ect. but it does it all the time doesnt change if the clutch is in or out.
suggestions???
Thanks

 

i had a similar problem on my old rx, my guess would be the throwout bearing siezed up.

 

what damage could that cause by driving it

 

pressure plate fingers are going to grind against the Throwout bearing......you should fix it ASAP. Not going to "damage" anything thats not cheap and replaceable. But before you go ripping apart your clutch, make sure its the problem.

Is the noise more of a wining? or more of a screeching?

 

whinning its not screeching at all ill see if I can get a sound clip

 

my friend thinks its my water pump going bad, sound possible???

 

ha its a long shot but the outlet tube on my smog pump came of once and it made a whinning noise that got louder with rpm, wouldnt hurt to check

 

I dont have a smog pump all emissions removed.

 

you OBVIOUSLY DO NOT KNOW HOW A CLUTCH WORKS.

 

ok,,, i hate my life and i just want to make everyone feel bad,,, there i said it - feel free to quote it for your sig or whatevers...

anyways, check the turbo... to bearing doesnt touch the pressure plate when he is not stepping on the clutch and he said the sound exists whether he is on the clutch or not, so that kind of rules it out... unless his clutch is party engaged all the time, which i highly doubt...

 

cluck isnt engaged all the time. Ill check the play in the turbo today, last night when I got on it a couple times it seemed to stop then a couple mins of normal driving it came back.

 

FIXED IT!!! My alt. and water pump belt was streached out so I put my duel alt pully on and 2 new bels problem solved.