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I know there has been a few threads about this but this is slightly different. I know we've all come to the conclusion that the 3.0 for some reason whines a little. Most people have put it down to gearbox or powersteering etc. But when i open my bonnet I can pin point directly where its coming from. I might whip up a video to see if someone can tell me if they know what it is. To me it sounds like a noisy bearing. Now im very much not mechanically minded, but it appears to be coming from the top timing belt pulley. Is this something i should get looked at ASAP? Ill see if i can get a video to explain better.

3ltr uses a timing chain so the belt (V-Belt) your refering to goes around the below pulleys.

If your belt is cracked or frayed then you should replace it.

If you look at the engine front on:

(1) Power steering oil pump pulley = Top left pulley
(2) Belt tension adjuster ASSY = Middle left pulley
(3) Crank pulley = Bottom middle pulley
(4) A/C compressor = Top right pulley
(5) Belt idler = Middle middle pulley
(6) Generator / Altenator = Top middle pulley

3rspecb wrote:3ltr uses a timing chain so the belt (V-Belt) your refering to goes around the below pulleys.

I actaully did know that.

Ill check it out and figure out which 1 it is exactly and post it back up.

Thanks!

There is a whining noise every time the missus drives with me, I just have to bear it until she gets out

The Sean wrote:There is a whining noise every time the missus drives with me, I just have to bear it until she gets out

So So true

I had the bearing fail in the alternator on mine earlier this year.

If you want to try to pin point the source of the whine, grab a long screwdriver (preferrably one with the metal shaft right through the handle) and use it as a stethoscope (put the blade/philips-head end against the spot you think is creating the noise and your ear against the other end of the screwdriver. Or you could get yourself a mechanic's stethoscope

I had a similar niose earlier this year.
What confused me was when the car had been driven in the rain it seemed to quieten the noise.
I got the alternator reconditioned and the noise had changed.
I later got the front belt/pulleys (x2) replaced and the noise was completely gone.
I would start with the alternator as it was the cheaper of the two jobs.
If you'd like to know what costs were involved shoot me a pm.

good luck-

This is when i just started her in the morning. Its shot on my iphone so with the crappy mic is makes it sound a little worse than it actually is. But this is pretty much it

doesn't sound too dissimilar to the alternator bearing failure my car had. It isn't necessarily the alternator, could be any of the pulleys

So my whine is normal??

Jasus! I'm not sure I can live with it!!!

Can you describe it?

Satan wrote:So my whine is normal??

Jasus! I'm not sure I can live with it!!!

if it sounds like you have a small supercharger going (fkn mine does but its awesome haha) then seems normal as every 3RB i've driven does it

NoOzL47 wrote:

Satan wrote:So my whine is normal??

Jasus! I'm not sure I can live with it!!!

if it sounds like you have a small supercharger going (fkn mine does but its awesome haha) then seems normal as every 3RB i've driven does it

yup thats it

annoying me!

We had a similar whine coming from a mates 3 rb and it was a bearing in the clutch. Had seized up completely. His had done 200,000kms though (my06)