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tprjimmi · May 25, 2020

I posted a short time ago but didn't get many (1) responses. My '13 3.8 has a whine in the lower gears. Transmission works perfectly but I have this turbine whine- not a nasty sound but I'd like silence a lot more. Help??

EdP · May 25, 2020

tprjimmi said:
I posted a short time ago but didn't get many (1) responses. My '13 3.8 has a whine in the lower gears. Transmission works perfectly but I have this turbine whine- not a nasty sound but I'd like silence a lot more. Help??

I had a car like that. If the trans has to come out to correct the noise it will be expensive. I let it go and put on another 100,000 miles until the engine gave out.

I don't know if a fluid change would help. It changes the properties of the fluid but does not put metal back on gears.

tprjimmi · May 26, 2020

Thanks! It's a really pleasant, smooth mechanical sort of sound but...

Ketchupmothafcka · May 26, 2020

Did you check wheel bearings? Wheel bearing can make a roar/whine when they're going bad

tprjimmi · May 26, 2020

It's definitely the transmission. Goes in concert with the shifting-uuuuup and rinse and repeat and... first three gears have the sound. Nice turbine-ish sound. Thanks!