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MG ZR ZS ZT Technical - Gearbox Whine. Normal?

My ZS180 has a high pitch whine at 3.500 revs. Is this normal?? Also when I floor it I seem to have more power kicking in at 3000 revs. Again is this normal,or is it connected to the engine sometimes sounding like a bag of bones rattling under the bonnet?
Jeff
Jeff Patterson

Whine not normal!
Power shud kick in at about 3.500
Kelvin

Not good
take it in, if it's under warranty dont even think about it!

Neil

Cheers
Rover tried to tell me the gearbox on all ZS180's are noisy.
Jeff Patterson

gearbox shouldn't whine

most of the power comes in at 3500- 4000 rpm and above, this is because the other 12 valves open. they dont open below that to help make your car more efficient similar to a honda vtec engine
P J Bradley

My ZS120 has a whine in reverse, but I know most cars whine in reverse.

While I am reversing the noise is high pitched, and when i lift off the throttle the noise er... "bounces"? If I could put the noise in words...

whrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr (lift off) wh, wh.wh.wh, whrrrrrr.

Now I have definately lost it :o/

I shall endeavour to record the noise on my phone and paste a link here. I suppose I also have a very slight whine while driving forward.

My car is still under warranty, and is actually going for its first MOT tomorrow. I will speak to them about it then.

Another niggle is when ever I accelerate and brake the drivers door creaks or knocks. It always sounds like the door is half open or something. I think it is probably something lose inside the door panel. Again, I will speak to them about this at MOT. I still have about 3-4 months of warranty left.
Demon

This thread was discussed between 05/12/2004 and 16/12/2004

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