2nd gear

[dave87325is]

Hi.

My car is making this loud whistling noise on 2nd gear. It goes away when I shift to 3rd.

I think its coming from the mid of the car.. somewhere around the driveshaft or by the tranny…
any idea what could be causing this..?
It started last night.


TIA


Cheers!

-dave

[SpecM]

prob the syncro going out in 2nd

[E30_fiend]

^^^^^^

What he said.

Shitty Dave. Thankfully getrag 260s are cheap and easy to come by

[ThePotsy]

Is it kind of a 'whoo whoo' sound?

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[gearheadE30]

Mine does it too. It's either gear whine or a bad synchro. If the synchro is bad, it can also be tough to get into 2nd gear unless the revs are close to equal. Gear whine generally isn't an issue.

[dave87325is]

i can get in 2nd gear without a problem so far.

i hope this is nuthin too serious. dont have the monies for this right now.

[BrewCity11]

Syncros make noise? Even after it's in gear? News to me.

Is it kind of a 'whoo whoo' sound?

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Naw, it's like Whoo WHOOOOOOO!

[dude8383]

if the synchro's were bad you could just double clutch into 2nd...

i have to do that for now for 5th :(

[blunttech]

Is it kind of a 'whoo whoo' sound?

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mine does this. but the whoo whoo is coming more from the back. usually round breakfast time

[eric (^__^)]

no, that's air escaping from one of his fat rolls

[Miano]

I wonder if maybe you should check the transmission oil level.

[blunttech]

no, that's air escaping from one of his fat rolls

the only thing fat on me is my fat cock, but then i dont have to tell you that now do i?

[gearheadE30]

BrewCity, no, they shouldn't make noise once they are in gear. The OP said this started suddenly, and that almost never happens with gear whine. I suppose it could be low on fluid.

[euroshark]

Make sure you have gear oil! If you do and it's only a noise in 2nd, you most likely have a gear or bearing going bad, but chances are it will last a long time even if it's making noise. If you start getting funky vibrations along with the whine you might want to look for a used transmission.

BTW, gear whine in 1st and 2nd is fairly common on the big six powered cars, so is it possible you just started noticing something that has always been there?

[Miano]

I am not 100 percent sure on this, but I think 2nd geat is the first one to suffer because of low oil because it is higher in the case.