Gearbox whine

[AntB]

Guys,

I think I know the answer to this question, but for my sake - would you say its normal for a 944 gearbox/diff to whine when driving..

When I was on the look for a 944 I test drove a few, some whined more than others, but the ones that did whine had been checked and "they all do that" was the normal response.

??

Cheers guys,

A

 

[Mike_Pollock]

All the ones I've been in have to agreater or lesser extent, replacing the oil can help. Mike

 

[AntB]

Yeah same here. Thought it was normal. I spoke to my Indie re this whine - and they said that they did it out the factory and customers used to complain.. 100K later and still the same with no issues.. Just one of those 944 features..

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Mine is about the noisiest I've known. When I bought the car RPM were happy to do a deal on changing it if I was worried, but it's just a feature of the cars. When I arrived at Silverstone last weekend Robin Walker asked me to depress the clutch so he could hear me speak. [] A gearbox won't cost any more than a clutch to replace, anyway, as there are plenty of breakers out there. The only way to know whether it's really worse than acceptable is for (I'm guessing it's a question from a buyer here) to encourage them to try a selection of cars and then yours. There will be plenty of 944 owners at Porsche and Polo in a couple of weeks, send him or her there and I'm happy to let them listen to my gearbox whine.

 

[AntB]

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty Mine is about the noisiest I've known. When I bought the car RPM were happy to do a deal on changing it if I was worried, but it's just a feature of the cars. When I arrived at Silverstone last weekend Robin Walker asked me to depress the clutch so he could hear me speak. [] A gearbox won't cost any more than a clutch to replace, anyway, as there are plenty of breakers out there. The only way to know whether it's really worse than acceptable is for (I'm guessing it's a question from a buyer here) to encourage them to try a selection of cars and then yours. There will be plenty of 944 owners at Porsche and Polo in a couple of weeks, send him or her there and I'm happy to let them listen to my gearbox whine.

Very kind of you Paul... Thank You .. who knows - if I still have the car I may come down myself.. [] (thats if we are back from Holiday then..)

 

[MRGT]

A work collegue of mine said it sounded very ''knightriderish'' .Not sure if thats a good or bad thing []