I Have Whine!!!!
 

Suddenly today, between 4.5k and about 6k I have a rather prominent whine! Sounds like a gyroscope is about the best way I can describe it. Any ideas or is it back to Mazda?

Dan

Is the whine present only in 6th gear? I have a noticeable but probably "normal" whine in 6th
at 3500 RPM. Changing transmission lube to Red Line MT90 did not cure it. My whine may be
temperature sensitive. I will know more about this when it warms up a little bit aroud here (central NY).

have you traced the source of the sound? do you have any cheese?(<besides that comment?)

Do you have to be so catty :D ? I thought that whine was the nature of the smooth electric sounding rotary.

im in a mood today- started with the guy who asked "can someone explain flashes that ive been reading about" - set me off like a shotgun- everybody gets hit a little :)

Cants trace the sound as only seems to happen when driving. It happens in all gears, most prominently 3rd but that is probably only becuase you can hold it between 4 - 6k without massively breaking the speed limit. If by cheese you mean creamy gunk, I have a fair bit on the dip stick, and a little in the oil filler cap but not more than normal really. Has pleanty of oil. It is definately a NEW sound, never had it before and had the car for about 4 months now.

Dan

I have a buzzing/vibration sound between 5k and 6k - sounds like a metal piece resonating - probably the cat heat shield (dealer said they could not reproduce it driving 7 miles - need a new dealer for sure). I also have a somewhat metalic "whine" after the car reached 8000 miles every time I press the accelerator (varries with RPM, does not go away like the first sound) and it seems it comes from a black module on top of the engine on the passenger side (AIR pump? - not sure what that is). Of course the dealer does not hear that one also.....

He was referring to cheese like in "whine" and cheese. Like you say, I Have Whine. So where's the cheese. Hohoho!

I missed that thread.

It sounds like I may not have come across they way I intended to: whine, cheese, cat .......... doh, I forgot the mouse! :D Sorry.