A really annoying whine

P38 - 2001 4.6L Vogue LPG

Another one for you esteemed Rangie gurus.

My lovely motor has recently developed a high-pitched whine, but it’s of an annoyingly intermittent nature. It appears to be coming from the OSF wheel, and it doesn’t occur until I’ve driven a few miles. Even then, it'll happen for anything up to 15/20 seconds, then it'll stop.

During the week, my blue beauty is only driven around 10 miles a day between home and the train station, so the whining noise only gets to happen when I give it a decent run over the weekend.

I did originally think that maybe it was maybe a sticking brake caliper, but it often occurs when I haven’t even applied the brakes for a while, so I’ve discounted that theory.

Any ideas, folks?

I had a really irritating whine from the nearside.....I divorced her about 20 years ago...

SmileySteve said:

I had a really irritating whine from the nearside.....I divorced her about 20 years ago...

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:hysterically_laughi

Wheel bearing maybe.

Datatek said:

Wheel bearing maybe.

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Yeah, I did wonder about that - but wouldn't that be a consistent noise rather than an intermittent whine?

mine turned out to be the front prop uj

p38 prius lol said:

mine turned out to be the front prop uj

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Cheers - did yours have the same symptoms? Been out and about in it today, and it's doing my bonce in now!

LeeTrundlesLeftFoot said:

Yeah, I did wonder about that - but wouldn't that be a consistent noise rather than an intermittent whine?

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It used to come and go on my Transit before it got so bad that it was continuous when the wheel was loaded on a turn.

Amy? oh she dead...

Datatek said:

It used to come and go on my Transit before it got so bad that it was continuous when the wheel was loaded on a turn.

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Cheers Keith.

What's the best way of confirming whether a wheel bearing is on it's way out (other than driving around with it squealing it's arse off)?

LeeTrundlesLeftFoot said:

Cheers Keith.

What's the best way of confirming whether a wheel bearing is on it's way out (other than driving around with it squealing it's arse off)?

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Don't know on the P38 with it's live axle, never had the problem yet. Easy on the Transit, with the wheel and caliper off, I could feel the roughness when I turned it. Didn't really need to check as it was obviously the bearing, the noise increased when that wheel was loaded in the turn.