Extreme cold, high pitch whine
 

so i am not to worried but mostly curious, It has been in the single digits here in mass and went to start my 8 after not starting it for a full day and it idled up to 4000 rpms for a minute like i expected BUT then it made a few high pitched squeels or whines for a few seconds and then stopped. any one experience this?

the coldest ive been in is 20c

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^And that was in the SNOW!

What kind of sound exactly and when did it make it?

its been freezing in NY too, so far what i end up doin is wakin up earlier go start the car and then come back and get ready to go to work. by the time im done the car is fully warmed up. the only thing i been noticing is that the car spins the tires a lot takin off and it feels like shit for the first 1o mins of shifting gear but after a while it feels normal.

Sounds like the belt squeeling cause its cold and hard. I could be wrong. It was just a thought.

yeah, we are usually get the same, don't sweat it.

Does sound like a belt squeal.

Was -11 in Chicago when I woke up Monday morning - in my garage it was a balmy 3 degrees. Started right up, ran fine. Gearbox felt like it was full of mollasses until the engine warmed, but that's not surprising.

Only high-pitched whining I heard was from my children when they found out the kids going to the school district across town were off school due to the cold, but they had to go. Now that's high pitched whining!

I just got my RX-8 this last weekend and on Sunday it reached -30 F in the morning. The 8 was not happy when I turned it on, but I did experience the same stuff as you guys, the high RPMs, the whining, and also the chuggish shifts for the first few minutes. But it was above zero today and it sounds a helluva lot better than it was on Sunday. I think you'll be okay SpeedB, just let her warm up.

Did I mention the low and high here tomorrow? I thought not. 55 and 85.
Quickly duck's and dodges all the snow balls flying towards him.

Sounds about right ... I've noticed the high whining too. Had the techs take a look and they are convinced it's the cold belt. Same as you, when the car warms up, it goes away.

I've had throttle bodies whistle in the cold from throttle plate icing until the water temperature come up in other cars. However, i've not had temperatures below 16 at my house this year.

Its not only bad to drive off without warming up, but its also bad to warm it up for too long w/o moving it.

Just so you know.

a few mins is fine, but dont over do it. (however long you take to get ready)

I have the same thing but I wouldnt worry about it.

Everything moves slower when cold, Just give the parts some time to work. It should be fine. The noise probably came from the parts not getting enough lube cuz its too cold (Try to touch the engine parts when cold, ur hands better be clean or else its going to stick ... dont ask me how I know !~)

I have a little belt squeak after I let her sit for a week or so. A different issue--I recently had my air pump replaced b/c it would squeal loud as hell on cold start-ups.

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