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BigWillieStyles
20-01-2006, 01:27 AM
Hey i do alot of freeway driving, i have recently acquired a Jazz from my parents who have now gone overseas to live. So ive been giving the prelude a rest for a while and driving the Jazz. Anyway, ive noticed at just before 120km/h the car makes a whuring noise, kinda like wind going through the wheels, but when i take the car to 125 it stops. Does anyone know wat im talking about?

Not that i speed alot anyway, im just curious y it does this at a certain rev!
08ESE
20-01-2006, 07:51 AM
mine used to do it at 80kmh, and changed the tyres and now its gone? i thought it was a wheel bearing at first.
bluevti
20-01-2006, 04:13 PM
Try unscrewing your aerial and see if the noise is still there...

Mine makes that noise at a certain speed which must be near its harmonic frequency... i think in mine it starts at around 118 and stops somewhere around 125...

When i do a long drive I change the aerial to a smaller unit that doesnt wobble.
jazcivic
20-01-2006, 05:32 PM
My Jazz has no problems yet. But my Civic has got front wheel bearing noise, different to the tyre noise I could hear when going over coarse bitumen. I'm quite sure the front wheel bearing is due for replacement. It's an expensive repair (bearings cost about $100? each wheel) and require a special tool for removal and installation. Loath to try the sledge hammer approach.
Pogi
20-01-2006, 05:47 PM
My Jazz has no problems yet.
ditto..i dont notice this whirring noise and i take the jazz on the motorway regularly
jaffa_cree
20-01-2006, 05:47 PM
I thought that wheel bearings will cause the droning noise at all speeds, so i am not sure if your problem is the wheel bearings.

I may be totally wrong but check your tyre pressure and wheel alignment.
redliner
20-01-2006, 06:11 PM
its just the tyres making the noise... next time get better tyres or tyres with low road noise.
BLKek
20-01-2006, 08:56 PM
My civic used to make a strange whiring noise at around 120, turned out to be a section of rubber around the windcreen vibrating in the turbulance.. Try a asection of wide masking tape over the window rubbers and see if the noise goes away, never know, sometimes when you wash the car things get caught under them or the rubber lifts slightly.
BigWillieStyles
21-01-2006, 04:25 PM
hang on guys, call me stupid but i think its because its where VTEC engages. As it seems to happen exactly on 3500 RPM (118km/h)! And because im cruising rather than accelerating past this rev range its more noticeable.
muli
23-01-2006, 10:24 AM
hang on guys, call me stupid but i think its because its where VTEC engages. As it seems to happen exactly on 3500 RPM (118km/h)! And because im cruising rather than accelerating past this rev range its more noticeable.

mine does the exact same thing, if you search back this topic has been done before
BigWillieStyles
24-01-2006, 01:00 AM
so is it VTEC engaging? Can anyone confirm this?
Pogi
25-01-2006, 05:29 PM
i was travelling down the M5 at 160...gotta like the jazz vti..at this speed its not even barely shaking the steering wheel..ie i could drive with 1 finger still..i remember doing 140 on my old lancer mr coupe and it was shaking like crazie
chunky
25-01-2006, 06:38 PM
u sure u guys r arent speeding?? =]
im a cop bitch







jks
aimre
27-01-2006, 12:53 AM
pogi, i believe the highest legal speed on the m5 is 110....
muli
02-02-2006, 08:40 AM
u sure u guys r arent speeding?? =]
im a cop bitch







jks

what can you really do at the end of the day and if you really were a cop and someone knows your identity you would be a non-cop after comments like that


With regards to the topic if you engaged your clutch does the noise dissapear?