Whining noise while driving... sounds like the gearbox. Thoughts??

[Dscott]

haha so true. Also good to see a prodominately v8 man switched to a GTI =)

Or the GF!

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[Jmac]

Mine has a bit of a whine as described by IP. I changed to redline oil too and that quietened it down a fair bit in my case.. Still have the light throttle 4th gear one though. Doesn't really bother me.

yeah sounds right, Thats the reason i plug Redline MTl for these trannies, CAN reduce the noise, not a permenant fix, as far as im concerned Redline is a toolbox in a can for many reasons, also helps with the crappy shift changes ive used it for 02a, 02J and 02R for poor shifting but at the same time the frictional purposes did reduce the whine for thw win, (reduced) whine should be a bonus. As you have already read it is common but ive suggested Redline with the chance it reduces the noise and in most cases it does, otherwise VW will continue to tell you its normal.
The story will continue im afraid, just to add ive worked on well ive forget how many of these variants, i havent seen a Polo lunch yet due to the whine, but have one in my shed that was empty due to being driven empty after a diff pin decided to go out to lunch. Hmm sounds famliar, im sure i posted the same problem back in 1998.
Jmac

[insanekiwi]

Yeah I do agree, I did like Redline better than VW oil. The shift is great.

Jmac, is there anyway to tell whether your diff pin is about to fail? Any signs? Also, if I decide to go down the route of getting LSD installed - is there anyway you can tell from production date, or VIN, whether I will have 113mm vs. 114mm so I can order the correct one. Thought I might ask you from your experience. Mine was early built likely late Nov/Dec 2005. Was on road first week of Feb 2006.

Thanks.