Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:05:18 +0100 From: "Andy Evans" <arts.psychologynopsamm.net> Subject: Re: Gearbox whine - please interpret what it means.
>In my experience, there's only one tiny exception to this: at idle in >neutral if you listen really hard as you let the clutch in and out, you can >hear a tiny "whirring" noise caused by the gear teeth hitting each other. >But out on the road, the other noises of the car easily mask this.>> I'm so glad you mentioned this, since I get exactly this faint whirring noise and wondered whether it was normal or not. Are you saying this is normal? What if the noise increases? Andy