Hi, I hope someone can help me!
I own a 51 plate fiat punto ELX, 1.2 8 valve. I have read through previous threads, but different ones seem to conflict with my experiences. I have recently, last 4 - 6 months, had a strange whining noise when travelling above 50 miles an hour, it is intermittent, but more often that not regular on long car journeys.
Recently, on a few seperate occasions, after coming to a stop from doing over 50 mph, for example at lights, it makes a very loud horrible groaning noise, that lasts about 10 - 30 seconds and decreases in noise till stopping. Today, this happened twice, the first occasion the clutch was depressed, but the second I had parked the car and the engine was turned off.
I have described this to a friend who used to work for Fiat (not a mech) and she suggested it could be the cam belt, so on saturday I had it in for its mot, which was due in August anyway. They found nothing wrong and the car flew through its mot.
My friend suggested the cam belt could be going, but the garage said this wasn't the case and it could be the wheel bearing/s, but they said this wouldn't happen at a standstill. They also said it would be fine to do a 400 mile round trip this coming weekend.
The noise doesn't happen all the time, so it is difficult to get someone qualified to check it, because the noise is hard to describe. The car was serviced back in January as well as just have its mot, and then all that was highlighted was the oil was overdue for a change.
I have had the bonnet open and listened, but cannot really identify anything, but then im useless with cars, so don't really know what I am looking at!
I am really paranoid that it could be something serious and the car could go on me while on the motorway next weekend!!! Does anyone know what this noise might be?
A few different threads have mentioned the fan, which seems to run fine, the alternator belt, which seems ok, the cam belt, which I dont know as I was told by the garage they would have to open something to identify if that was the case?!? Not really sure what else to do?!
I own a 51 plate fiat punto ELX, 1.2 8 valve. I have read through previous threads, but different ones seem to conflict with my experiences. I have recently, last 4 - 6 months, had a strange whining noise when travelling above 50 miles an hour, it is intermittent, but more often that not regular on long car journeys.
Recently, on a few seperate occasions, after coming to a stop from doing over 50 mph, for example at lights, it makes a very loud horrible groaning noise, that lasts about 10 - 30 seconds and decreases in noise till stopping. Today, this happened twice, the first occasion the clutch was depressed, but the second I had parked the car and the engine was turned off.
I have described this to a friend who used to work for Fiat (not a mech) and she suggested it could be the cam belt, so on saturday I had it in for its mot, which was due in August anyway. They found nothing wrong and the car flew through its mot.
My friend suggested the cam belt could be going, but the garage said this wasn't the case and it could be the wheel bearing/s, but they said this wouldn't happen at a standstill. They also said it would be fine to do a 400 mile round trip this coming weekend.
The noise doesn't happen all the time, so it is difficult to get someone qualified to check it, because the noise is hard to describe. The car was serviced back in January as well as just have its mot, and then all that was highlighted was the oil was overdue for a change.
I have had the bonnet open and listened, but cannot really identify anything, but then im useless with cars, so don't really know what I am looking at!
I am really paranoid that it could be something serious and the car could go on me while on the motorway next weekend!!! Does anyone know what this noise might be?
A few different threads have mentioned the fan, which seems to run fine, the alternator belt, which seems ok, the cam belt, which I dont know as I was told by the garage they would have to open something to identify if that was the case?!? Not really sure what else to do?!