whining from rear

[pablo_vr6 0]

pulling out of a friends house tonight I could hear a whine coming from the rear of the car even when stationary.

 

any ideas? fuel pump?

 

thanks

-pablo

[daves16v 1]

Ah yes that'll be the back seat driver :lol:

[pablo_vr6 0]

nah she was at home ;)

[Henny 0]

yup, I'd go with fuel pump...

[pablo_vr6 0]

is it a bad sign? bear in mind i had the rear seats down.

[theRuler 0]

a tired pump will whine best when fuel is low

a pump with "foreign bodies" in will also be a whiner

 

if it is the pump, it will be clearly audible when you get you head next to it

 

it could whine for months, or it could stop whilst on the motorway.

 

i'd get a replacement planned before you get in trouble.

[Henny 0]

change the fuel filter first though... this may cure it totally! 8)

[coolrado 0]

try and have a listen to someones "good" fuel pump just incase the noise is normal and you've only noticed it more because your seats where down :wink:

 

when was your fuel filter changed last?

[theRuler 0]

how do you change the filter anyway?

[Geo 0]

The pumps always make some noise. I thought mine was knackered so I bought a new one and when I fitted it there was no difference in noise levels at all. So as coolrado said, try and have a listen to someone elses pump before changing your own.

[dr_mat 0]

You will hear it much more clearly with the seats down than normally. Don't worry unduly if it's not too intrusive when you've put all that padding back up...

[pablo_vr6 0]

filter changed a few k ago so no issues there. seats are back up so Ill see how it goes :)

 

thanks guys.