My car makes a weird whirring sound, similar to the sound your car makes while accellerating in reverse, and its coming from my engine bay. It makes this noise while idling, as well as ANY time the rpms go up, whether in neutral or any gear, and the higher the rpm, the louder, as well as the higher pitched the noise is. Ive tried listening for where the sound is coming from under the engine bay, pushing the throttle in and listening for it, but i cant find out. It seems like the noise is coming from the drivers side though, but thats all i can distinguish. Any help in finding out what this may be would be greatly appreciated! thanks

 

sounds like an input shaft bearing...

 

did a search, seems like a difficult part to replace, but wouldnt that make the noise come from the passenger side?

 

i wouldn't jump the gun on this. does it have power steering fluid? buy a mechanics stethescope and listen to everything. they are very cheap and help diagnosis a lot

 

good call man, i was actually thinking of this but i couldnt put my tounge on what the tool was actually called, but thanks alot!

And it does have power steering fluid, and turning doesnt affect the noise at all so im pretty sure thats not the problem