car noise problem - thoughts?

Tombstone

Tombstone

Tombstone

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Afternoon all,

First let me say that I am thoroughly incompetent in the ways of auto mechanics, essentially I know they go brum brum and that's largely it :)

Now, the problem is this, the other day my wife said that on the way home from work her civic was making a quite loud "whooshing" (her words) noise. She said it was coming from the front of the car, drivers side. It was regular, making a whoosh noise every few seconds, whoosh.....whoosh.....whoosh... but only did it from 60mph upwards.

Now today, she says its now "whooshing faster" , still at around 60+ but now whooshwhooshwhooshwhoosh , constantly.

Any thoughts ? A mate said maybe fan belt. Sound right?
 
Westyfield2 said:
Someone sneakily fitted a turbo?
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Hehe, with the length of time she takes to get ready to drive anywhere, a turbo would be useful. :)

The "whooshing" description probably isnt much help, thats how she described it, a kind of shhh.....shhhh.....shhhh....shhhh... noise. She said at first she thought it was wind or something, but then today noticed that it was constant (at 60+) Dont know if that helps anyone.
 
That'll be the wheel bearing or the bare steel of the brake pads eating their way through the disc.
 
IAmATeaf said:
Why don't you take the car out for a spin with her to get some first hand whooshing?
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Thought about it, but as I know nothing at all about cars I figured that all it would achieve is 2 people saying whooshing :)

Read a bit about wheel bearings and that sounds potentially dangerous so we will check it into a garage on monday and get them to look it over.
 
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