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stevelufc
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no not the wife, the noise is coming from the gearbox area i think, only when accellerating not when coasting, not that loud but it's there. is there something i should be doing soon that will cure it or is the end nigh !!!. thanks. oh yeah 96 2.9 12v auto 73000 miles 
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bootiful-scorpios
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Re: whining noise
« Reply #1 on: Mar 28th, 2006, 7:37pm » |
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hve you looked to see what level ya gear box oil is ? and what is the colour of it ?
to rule that out first .
your millage is quite low so it shouldent be any thing to nasty
do you use your car for towing ? http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/aboxfilters.htm
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Snoopy
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Re: whining noise
« Reply #2 on: Mar 29th, 2006, 6:23am » |
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Its possible the oil pump in the gear box you can hear. May be an oil and filter change will cure the problem. as the filter does get clogged and the pump has to work a bit harder , especially when its cold.
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stevelufc
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thanks no i don't use it for towing
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stevelufc
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and thanks snoopy will have a look into it, oil filter on the gearbox mmmm will have to check the tech pages to find it. cheers again
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