David,
Good one.
Ray,
The whistling noise may be a belt - I've heard that overly tight timing
belts have been described as making a whining or whistling noise. You might
ask the service techs at the Dealer when you next have it in there.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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> "eko" > wrote in message ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > My 2004 Audi A3 1.6 FSI (roughly 7200 miles on the clock) produces a low
> > volume whining noise when the engine is idle. It's almost like a light
> > whistling noise when the car is reving around 750 rpm. If I apply
slight
> > power (without it being in gear), the whistling goes and returns when
the
> > engine returns to idle.
> >
> > This only seems to happen when the car has been running for an hour or
so
> > or more. Any ideas what this might be please?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > ..Ray
> >
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