Just Got My 328i

tl9015 · 07-10-2007, 04:10 PM

Hi guys! I just want to say, this is my first post and first bmw. I got the 328i with sports package. Color is Sparkling graphite and black inside. I just went for a 3 km drive keeping it under 3000 rpm.

I just wanted to ask about a weird noise from the front tires. I don't know if it's because they are new but when the engine is on, the front of the car makes a weird whistling noise in a rythm. It's not an ongoing noise. It's more of a drum beat or something, whistling not whislting not not whislting. Does anyone have any information on this? Thanks.

William · 07-10-2007, 04:13 PM

congrats on your new car!

but um does that sound go away after a while or what?
mine didn't make those sounds hmm.

tl9015 · 07-10-2007, 04:31 PM

The engine sound along with the left and right front tires, if I no near by I can hear the high pitched wheezing noise. At first I thought it was the air condition but it just gets even louder if I turn the AC on. And it's still there when I turn it off.

Bimmerista · 07-10-2007, 04:36 PM

Congratulations on your new car. I have a 328 Sports as well, love the car.

Can't say that I ever noticed a whistling sound, could be bcs the tires are new, could be just the way the wind blows-btw the runflats are louder on the road than non-RFTs - perhaps this is what you are hearing.

tl9015 · 07-10-2007, 08:08 PM

Yea I will give it some time. Also, if I just stay under 3000 rpm for about 1500 km, is that ok? or did you guys keep it even lower.

An important question I also wanted to ask was when you are turning FULLY LEFT OR FULLY RIGHT with your steering wheel all the way, do you feel or hear a grinding noise?

LI E90 · 07-11-2007, 09:05 AM

congrats on the car. I have the 328 w sport too, it is a lot of fun to whip around turns trust me... as far as tire noise? cannot comment becuase I do not have the noise you mention

vase330 · 07-11-2007, 09:14 AM

If the car looks jacked up with the wheels not 100% upright, maybe the dealer forgot to remove the shipping spacers. I have heard of this happening on rare occasions. Get it checked at the dealer ASAP.

Bimmerista · 07-11-2007, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by tl9015

Yea I will give it some time. Also, if I just stay under 3000 rpm for about 1500 km, is that ok? or did you guys keep it even lower.

An important question I also wanted to ask was when you are turning FULLY LEFT OR FULLY RIGHT with your steering wheel all the way, do you feel or hear a grinding noise?

Under 3K rpm is what I did but for 2,000 km (1,500 miles).

tl9015 · 07-11-2007, 03:07 PM

When I turn the car on, there is a rotating wheezing noise coming from the front of the car. More of like a heeeeeeeeeeeeeee noise.

EHDEN · 07-11-2007, 03:21 PM

Bimmerista · 07-11-2007, 03:41 PM

I would take her in to the dealer, you could have a belt rubbing or the fan itself (but more likely belt).

Ascension · 07-11-2007, 04:42 PM

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AndrewAZ · 07-11-2007, 06:48 PM

Sounds a lot like the fan on the car. Its really loud. Also from 3-4k rpm ish when the front fan is on and you have the A/C on low and no music you can hear the fan combating with the resonance of the engine and it sounds like a prop plane.

Beerflakes · 07-11-2007, 06:51 PM

Yeah, my fan is really friggin loud... Just yesterday I left my car running at a gas station and could hear it about 50ft away and through a glass door... Thought it was going to explode or something.

tl9015 · 07-11-2007, 07:35 PM

The problem with mine though is the hissing noise that is rotating or something. It's probably the belt like you guys mentioned. I wonder if this would affect the engine badly.

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tl9015 Private First Class 34 Rep 179 Posts Drives: e90 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Just Got My 328i Hi guys! I just want to say, this is my first post and first bmw. I got the 328i with sports package. Color is Sparkling graphite and black inside. I just went for a 3 km drive keeping it under 3000 rpm. I just wanted to ask about a weird noise from the front tires. I don't know if it's because they are new but when the engine is on, the front of the car makes a weird whistling noise in a rythm. It's not an ongoing noise. It's more of a drum beat or something, whistling not whislting not not whislting. Does anyone have any information on this? Thanks.
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William Private 26 Rep 83 Posts Drives: 328i w/ hamann kit Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Burbank, CA iTrader: (0)	congrats on your new car! but um does that sound go away after a while or what? mine didn't make those sounds hmm. __________________ Alpinewhite-328i coupe Hamann Complete Body kit planing to do 5 mods before summer break is over
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tl9015 Private First Class 34 Rep 179 Posts Drives: e90 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	The engine sound along with the left and right front tires, if I no near by I can hear the high pitched wheezing noise. At first I thought it was the air condition but it just gets even louder if I turn the AC on. And it's still there when I turn it off.
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Bimmerista Major General 82 Rep 5,732 Posts Drives: superstock Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada iTrader: (0)	Congratulations on your new car. I have a 328 Sports as well, love the car. Can't say that I ever noticed a whistling sound, could be bcs the tires are new, could be just the way the wind blows-btw the runflats are louder on the road than non-RFTs - perhaps this is what you are hearing. __________________ __________________________ 2016 435 xdrive GC white on black leather interior, Msport1, Msport2, premium package 2015 Lincoln MKX, silver on brown leather, premium package - that's right! Techno-Groovy baby Last edited by Bimmerista; 07-11-2007 at 03:40 PM..
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tl9015 Private First Class 34 Rep 179 Posts Drives: e90 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Yea I will give it some time. Also, if I just stay under 3000 rpm for about 1500 km, is that ok? or did you guys keep it even lower. An important question I also wanted to ask was when you are turning FULLY LEFT OR FULLY RIGHT with your steering wheel all the way, do you feel or hear a grinding noise?
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LI E90 Colonel 131 Rep 2,086 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Long Island iTrader: (2)	congrats on the car. I have the 328 w sport too, it is a lot of fun to whip around turns trust me... as far as tire noise? cannot comment becuase I do not have the noise you mention __________________ 2013 MB C300 4matic 2014 Ford Explorer Ltd 1973 Jeep Commando
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vase330 Colonel 102 Rep 2,760 Posts Drives: 19 E63S; 15.5 RangeRover ATB Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arlington, Va iTrader: (1)	Do you know if they removed your shipping spacers? If the car looks jacked up with the wheels not 100% upright, maybe the dealer forgot to remove the shipping spacers. I have heard of this happening on rare occasions. Get it checked at the dealer ASAP. __________________ E92 335 \| Space Gray \| Saddle Brown Dakota \| Dark Burl Trim \| ZPP \| ZSP \| AT \| Idrive \| 6FL \| FBO \| Dinan CAI \| Quaife LSD \| STG3 PROCede.
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tl9015 Private First Class 34 Rep 179 Posts Drives: e90 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	When I turn the car on, there is a rotating wheezing noise coming from the front of the car. More of like a heeeeeeeeeeeeeee noise.
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Bimmerista Major General 82 Rep 5,732 Posts Drives: superstock Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada iTrader: (0)	I would take her in to the dealer, you could have a belt rubbing or the fan itself (but more likely belt). __________________ __________________________ 2016 435 xdrive GC white on black leather interior, Msport1, Msport2, premium package 2015 Lincoln MKX, silver on brown leather, premium package - that's right! Techno-Groovy baby
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AndrewAZ Major 137 Rep 1,243 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CA iTrader: (0)	Sounds a lot like the fan on the car. Its really loud. Also from 3-4k rpm ish when the front fan is on and you have the A/C on low and no music you can hear the fan combating with the resonance of the engine and it sounds like a prop plane.
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Beerflakes Lieutenant 150 Rep 409 Posts Drives: 2020 X5, 2021 M550i (soon) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: MO iTrader: (3)	Yeah, my fan is really friggin loud... Just yesterday I left my car running at a gas station and could hear it about 50ft away and through a glass door... Thought it was going to explode or something.
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07-11-2007, 07:35 PM	#15
tl9015 Private First Class 34 Rep 179 Posts Drives: e90 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	The problem with mine though is the hissing noise that is rotating or something. It's probably the belt like you guys mentioned. I wonder if this would affect the engine badly.
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