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vr1066 · 04-08-2006, 03:25 AM

Hi all,

After spending the day polishing my VW VR6 mk3 and joking with my mate that it will end up in the garage with my luck, guess what? When I started her up that night I got a whistling noise from under the bonnet. I am a complete novice when it comes to anything other that checking oil and water (so probably less than a novice) but now very interested in cars and how they work.

When I lifted the bonnet to "have a look" it seemed as thought the noise is coming the belts to the outer left of the engine. The noise is not constant, it does change pitch but not at any particular time. The noise is intermittent but extremely annoying and obviously can’t be good for the car.

I'm going to take it to the garage but is there any advice anyone can give me with regards to this? Am I looking at an expensive job from the short list of possible problems or is there something I can try my-self before going to the garage?

Any help will be much appreciated.

04-08-2006, 03:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
vr1066 Loyal Member Power tuner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 161	whistling noise under the bonnet. Hi all, After spending the day polishing my VW VR6 mk3 and joking with my mate that it will end up in the garage with my luck, guess what? When I started her up that night I got a whistling noise from under the bonnet. I am a complete novice when it comes to anything other that checking oil and water (so probably less than a novice) but now very interested in cars and how they work. When I lifted the bonnet to "have a look" it seemed as thought the noise is coming the belts to the outer left of the engine. The noise is not constant, it does change pitch but not at any particular time. The noise is intermittent but extremely annoying and obviously can’t be good for the car. I'm going to take it to the garage but is there any advice anyone can give me with regards to this? Am I looking at an expensive job from the short list of possible problems or is there something I can try my-self before going to the garage? Any help will be much appreciated.