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Lo peeps,

OK funny noises time

My poor car is getting hammered up and down motorways for about 8 hours a week

recently over the last week Ive noticed at high speed (Approx 80 mph)
a rather faint but gets louder as the car gets warm noise

It\'s hard to explain, its quite high pitched screech, it doesn\'t get any higher pitch at higher speeds but does get louder, if I drop down below say 50 mph it will seem to disappear

Any ideas???

Its got me stumped.

the worst bit is it doesn\'t really do it while wondering round town etc, so it\'s not like I can drop it in a garage and say \"sort it please\"

I doubt its wheel bearings, they make a low grumble noise on a corsa yes?

Try doing different things to try and isolate the sound.

At the speed when you can hear the sound:

* Open your air vents
* Press the clutch pedal
* Open your windows slightly

Good point Joff, I forgot to mention

on motorway with clutch in (And thus engine as idle) its still making the same noise

guess that rules out engine, gearbox and clutch?

with window open I cant say I have noticed the noise, the high pitched screech\'s seems to be transmitting itself thru the chassis to inside the car

opening air vents, makes no difference

Could be a bearing or something then.. dunno tbh.

my car did this and i was wondering what it was

somehow the back window kept opening itself just slightly so it would make a high pitched air noise.

suppose u havent got back windows like mine...... check your front ones.

Hmm thanks for the advice people, I\'m pretty certain its mechanical, its more of a metal on metal noise, then a wind noise, good advice thou I\'ll check, I\'m pretty certain it was still there last time when I had the windows open.

there CV joints in a Corsa?

does it contain a front axle (Like a diff kinda thing?)

It\'s got to be something like that, driving me nuts as I am the only person who has heard it!

Yes, there are CV joints in a Corsa.

i always hear noises from my car

at the moment i got one from my brakes sticking when im travelling slowly in traffic

Funny noises come free with a Pre 97 Corsa i think!

Brake sticking... that doesn\'t sound good!

occasionally if I brake very quickly at low speed I hear a \"clonk\" noise
guess one of my calipers is touching before the other or something eek!

i get a kinda clonkly moaning noise, really deep doesnt sounds good, when i brake hard