jpsingh

last year or the year before, I've brought my car to the dealer to check out this sound. I even made a film of it and put it in the dvd player of the car to show them but they ended up telling me it was normal and not to worry.

The dealer's answer + the fact that it was doing it on other cars like in my posted video made me kind of forget about it...

mine does it when the car is cold like in both video and when it's hot, I can still hear it but very very faintly. You really need to be attentive to hear it.

I never had any problem related to this, the sound has always been the same. It's been doing this for 2 years now.

Even if I didn't have any problem, I also think it doesn't sound very normal that's why I'm very interested to know if anyone managed to find out where it comes from and fix it.

solekeeper

this is what i'm worried about this next dealer telling me..

is there anyway to check the power steering pump pressure, to make sure it's functioning correctly?

i'm going to be highly pissed off if this ****ing car's pump goes bad on me after they say it's normal.

solekeeper

i honestly can't tell you how long it stays on for, don't pay attention.

i will do this.. didn't think of it.


report back!

Stanley59

Do you get a change in sound when the steering wheel is turned left lock or right lock at idle?

solekeeper

car is at the other dealer, spoke to SA today.. said his mechanic ordered "a bunch of stuff" but he doesn't know what... i thought that was the idea of having an SA.., but ok..

he said he will let me know on tuesday. so this sound, in fact as most everybody thought is not normal... cant wait to hear what it is

Stanley59

Hope you get it taken care of correctly.

solekeeper

bump, got the car back today for about 10 minutes.

apparently the camshaft adjusters were bad.. (not sure how many) i was too distracted after leaving and my CEL light came on. it is back at MB.


i left all of the paperwork in the car, was going to give specifics. will update soon again!

ean

There was another user with a similar sound that posted a video. Seems to be somewhat common.

https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...nd-engine.html

JRHolt

Solekeeper,

What year is your car? You do not have any details filled out in your profile.

solekeeper

my car is a 13.

solekeeper

bump, got the car back! they said they had to re-learn the camshaft

jpsingh

Thanks for the info!

Did the noise completely went away now?

I've been paying attention to mine lately about this and she didn't do the noise anymore.

If it completly fix you issues, i'll bring back mine to the dealer with the suggested fix if I hear it again.

8o8is

Hey solekeeper, I know it's a year old thread but do you have any update on what your dealer end up finding? Mine has been doing this lately. Steering fluid level is good. It doesn't do it cold starts, but it does it after restarting the car a couple hours after being driven. Thanks.

Celicasaur

They had to re-learn the camshaft....sweet Lord, what on earth does that mean?

So...a camshaft/camgear made that whirring sound??

8o8is

Thanks Celicasaur! I missed that reply. Also, found a reply from him on another thread I searched that after replacing the cam adjusters, the whirring sound disappeared. Gonna have dealer check my noise out.

Babyedelman11

its only a $30 fix that camshaft position sensor make the timing go wrong , this problem is common with this car make and model