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Hi i have had this car now for almost 3 months, it has 100.000 miles
on the clock. When i 1st brought the car it felt very smooth and a
perfectly good car.

Just recently done a trip down to cornwall in the car 400 mile round
trip to and from my house and started to have problems with this car.

The problem i have is that once it gets to about 4000 revs whatever
gear it is in it makes a horrible sound like there is a plastic bag
caught on the underside of the car almost like a whistling sound. It
is worse sounding in the higher gears and i have lost a lot of power,
i am struggling to do more than 60mph on the motorways. It is fine
around the town below 40mph.

It almost sounds like the exhaust is blowing but when i stop put it in
neutral and rev the engine it does not make this noise i am talking
about..

I dont know much about automatic gear boxes as this is the 1st
automatic i car i have ver brought or driven....

Any help will be much appreciated..

Many thanks and look forward to a reply

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yorik wrote:
> Hi i have had this car now for almost 3 months, it has 100.000 miles
> on the clock. When i 1st brought the car it felt very smooth and a
> perfectly good car.
>
> Just recently done a trip down to cornwall in the car 400 mile round
> trip to and from my house and started to have problems with this car.
>
> The problem i have is that once it gets to about 4000 revs whatever
> gear it is in it makes a horrible sound like there is a plastic bag
> caught on the underside of the car almost like a whistling sound. It
> is worse sounding in the higher gears and i have lost a lot of power,
> i am struggling to do more than 60mph on the motorways. It is fine
> around the town below 40mph.
>
> It almost sounds like the exhaust is blowing but when i stop put it in
> neutral and rev the engine it does not make this noise i am talking
> about..
>
> I dont know much about automatic gear boxes as this is the 1st
> automatic i car i have ver brought or driven....
>
> Any help will be much appreciated..
>
> Many thanks and look forward to a reply
>
Hmmm,
Have you checked the fluid level?

On Jul 30, 9:04 pm, Tony Hwang <drago...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> yorik wrote:
> > Hi i have had this car now for almost 3 months, it has 100.000 miles
> > on the clock. When i 1st brought the car it felt very smooth and a
> > perfectly good car.
>
> > Just recently done a trip down to cornwall in the car 400 mile round
> > trip to and from my house and started to have problems with this car.
>
> > The problem i have is that once it gets to about 4000 revs whatever
> > gear it is in it makes a horrible sound like there is a plastic bag
> > caught on the underside of the car almost like a whistling sound. It
> > is worse sounding in the higher gears and i have lost a lot of power,
> > i am struggling to do more than 60mph on the motorways. It is fine
> > around the town below 40mph.
>
> > It almost sounds like the exhaust is blowing but when i stop put it in
> > neutral and rev the engine it does not make this noise i am talking
> > about..
>
> > I dont know much about automatic gear boxes as this is the 1st
> > automatic i car i have ver brought or driven....
>
> > Any help will be much appreciated..
>
> > Many thanks and look forward to a reply
>
> Hmmm,
> Have you checked the fluid level?

Over drive related ?

2000 Civic hatch wrote:
> On Jul 30, 9:04 pm, Tony Hwang <drago...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> yorik wrote:
>>> Hi i have had this car now for almost 3 months, it has 100.000 miles
>>> on the clock. When i 1st brought the car it felt very smooth and a
>>> perfectly good car.
>>> Just recently done a trip down to cornwall in the car 400 mile round
>>> trip to and from my house and started to have problems with this car.
>>> The problem i have is that once it gets to about 4000 revs whatever
>>> gear it is in it makes a horrible sound like there is a plastic bag
>>> caught on the underside of the car almost like a whistling sound. It
>>> is worse sounding in the higher gears and i have lost a lot of power,
>>> i am struggling to do more than 60mph on the motorways. It is fine
>>> around the town below 40mph.
>>> It almost sounds like the exhaust is blowing but when i stop put it in
>>> neutral and rev the engine it does not make this noise i am talking
>>> about..
>>> I dont know much about automatic gear boxes as this is the 1st
>>> automatic i car i have ver brought or driven....
>>> Any help will be much appreciated..
>>> Many thanks and look forward to a reply
>> Hmmm,
>> Have you checked the fluid level?
>
> Over drive related ?

muffler bearings more likely.

Hi thanks for your reply. But can you explain to me what muffler
bearings are?? i take it when you say muffler you mean exhaust?? i did
not think an exhaust had any bearings..

I have checked coolant levels, oil levels, air filter, gear box oil
and all these are fine..

"jim beam" wrote:
> 2000 Civic hatch wrote:
> > On Jul 30, 9:04 pm, Tony Hwang <drago...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >> yorik wrote:
> >>> Hi i have had this car now for almost 3 months, it has
> 100.000 miles
> >>> on the clock. When i 1st brought the car it felt very
> smooth and a
> >>> perfectly good car.
> >>> Just recently done a trip down to cornwall in the car 400
> mile round
> >>> trip to and from my house and started to have problems
> with this car.
> >>> The problem i have is that once it gets to about 4000 revs
> whatever
> >>> gear it is in it makes a horrible sound like there is a
> plastic bag
> >>> caught on the underside of the car almost like a whistling
> sound. It
> >>> is worse sounding in the higher gears and i have lost a
> lot of power,
> >>> i am struggling to do more than 60mph on the motorways. It
> is fine
> >>> around the town below 40mph.
> >>> It almost sounds like the exhaust is blowing but when i
> stop put it in
> >>> neutral and rev the engine it does not make this noise i
> am talking
> >>> about..
> >>> I dont know much about automatic gear boxes as this is the
> 1st
> >>> automatic i car i have ver brought or driven....
> >>> Any help will be much appreciated..
> >>> Many thanks and look forward to a reply
> >> Hmmm,
> >> Have you checked the fluid level?
> >
> > Over drive related ?
>
> muffler bearings more likely.