hvAlfaWant_S2000

Hello All,
I am getting a noise from what seems to be the front right side of the car(could be wrong). Its a whining noise, thats constant with speed, and continues with the engine on or off but the car moving.

If I hit the brakes, or turn the wheel, or put clutch pedal in or out, it remains. It seems to be a whirring noise, no grinding or scraping. I'll try to get a vid to capture the sound. Its almost like a bad power steering pump noise,,,,or a belt pulley. I'm running a vortech S/C but it makes the noise with the engine shut off and coasting downhill.


Wheel bearing? I searched and those noises seem to be a grinding sound.

Ideas?

Thanks!

windhund116

Sounds like bad accessory belt and/or pulley bearing. No hydraulic power steering pump, on these cars.

Soviet

In my experience the whirring noise has been bad wheel bearings.

hvAlfaWant_S2000

Haha..I.know there is no steering pump. It just has that similar sound.

And,.the noise is present when engine is.off, but car is moving.

hvAlfaWant_S2000

Thanks Soviet. That seems to be my impression,.but I'll try to capture the sound today and upload.

Billman250

Jack up the front wheels and spin them. You'll hear a bad bearing.

95% of the time an S2000 has a bad wheel bearing it will be in the rear.

hvAlfaWant_S2000

Thanks Billman.

If its the rear, will I hear that as clearly when jacked up and spun?

windhund116

Hear and even feel it. Notchy, grainy feel.

hvAlfaWant_S2000

Thanks all.

Getting on a lift to check all wheels this weekend. I'll report back.

climhazzard

If it's not a wheel bearing it could be tire(s)...some do get quite noisy. Hard to say without hearing it though.