on cold days my gfs transmission makes a loud whining sound. any ideas?

 

anyone know of anybody w/ a 01-05 auto tran. for sale? 01 civic.

 

its your timing belt... those things are hit or miss with tensioning... if you tighten them too much you risk breaking your tensioner which is why shops try and keep them a little on the loose side... all you need to do is take your car to a shop and have them tighten your belt which should completely remove the squeeling that you are hearing...
hope that works for ya

 

thanks for the advice.

I think it's more of a transmission problem though. She told me today on her way home from work that it was slipping, the automatic transmission, and it was making this loud whining/whirring noise before it warmed up, comming from the transmission. I've heard it too, and it's definately not the timing belt. I also have a 2001 civic, and it doesn't make the sound hers does, they're both around 84k miles. I think I'll flush her transmission tomorrow, and refill it, see if that'll fix it. Hopefully it will.

 

anyone have any other ideas?? would any of the gears in the transmission be worn? The fluid is only 2 weeks old, and it's whining when cold, and when going up hills. The pitch of the whine is similar to the whine of reverse. any ideas??

 

Don't flush a Honda transmission. Drain it, but don't let it all drain out. I don't remember why but even honda techs tell you not to completly flush a honda transmission. Someone with more experience can give you more info on it

 

I'd say your tranny is about to shit the bed. I wouldn't do a drain-and-fill to your tranny now, all I would do at this point is check the level when it's hot and add if you need to. At this point your fluid is probebly close to black in color and if you do drain the case then you'll also drain out the friction material that is in the fluid from the clutches inside. Now when you fill it back up with clean fluid you might not get the fluid and clutches to mesh right and the car possibly won't move.

 

yeah i was wondering if that would be bad, it's not my car, it's my GF's. I've done the transmission fluid change myself on both cars before, but they both have warranties from honda up to 100,000 miles. Im hoping they'll cover her transmission, this is why she bought her first honda, because I swear up and down by them. It does state that the transmission case and all internally lubricated parts are covered under the warranty.

 

Nice! Now get them things fixed

 

well good news, we just picked her civic from our honda dealer with a brand new transmission. all under warranty.