somebody help please!!
 

my manual 370z is giving me some problems. I have not been taking care of it like i shouldve. I did some stupid stuff and now the car is getting even more clunky than before. And when i go more than 2-3mph in reverse the car makes a horrible whinning noise. Does anyone know what or why and if it is serious or it will go away. I would ask my dad whos a mechanic who would easily know the problem but i would rather go to him as a last resort.

Dr dre

if would help if you can share with us what consider as "stupid stuff"? I understand you have issues in reverse; relatively speaking, your forward issues might be bigger.

Again share what you did so ppl can help. Your car should still be under warranty. Why not just take to it to the dealer? Did you do something to void your warranty?

You mentioned about your dad. Be careful about disclosing your age around here. Some members may ........ you about your actions. Good luck. :)

Some of the best advice I've heard given to a new member

more details might help you more than you have expect :)

Don't sweat the age thing. I still have a few things I wouldn't tell my old man because he'll beat my butt, and I'm 44 now. He still doesn't know what happened to the trans in his chevy pickup back in 1982. Every guy has a some stupid stuff in the closet.

I am more concerned about him shying away from our beloved site 'if' we started flaming him similar to the kid who 'politely' asked if he could transport 4 people in his Z.

I am not Dr. Joyce Brothers, but sometimes threads turn out-of-control. :)

yeah u need to disclose the "stupid stuff" u were doing..

smoking in the car ?

Whatever you were cooking, :stirthepot: I agree, you need to let us know.

:roflpuke2:

More info please.

haha as long as u werent street racing which is not allowed on this site, im sure a lot of us have done our fair share of stupid stuff before.

That was one of the best threads I've ever seen on a forum :D

This is interesting, in for results! :p

Anyway, yeah dude give us a little more info of what you've done to the car. But yes, you can always go to the dealer, unless you're afraid there is something on the car that could void your warranty. And in that case, you should prolly get some advice on this forum beforehand.

To answer your question, your gear synchros are probably damaged from what you're describing.

:bowrofl: +1

Ya, synchros, possibly shift forks...waiting for updates on what entails "stupid stuff"

In reverse there is a normal whine. Maybe you just didn't notice it before. If you did notice it has it gotten worse?

So basically I havnt been taking care of the car as i should have. I would dump the clutch a lot and I did it a couple times in reverse also. At first when i wouldnt drive well a rattling noise would come when i was just idling. But then after dropping the clutch in reverse that whinning noise came. Some people have told me that if i just drive normally the rattling noise will go away. But i dnt know about the whinning when im reversing. I dnt care what people say about my age, and i am going to tell my dad and may have to take it to the dealer but i would like to be more educated first. Also it is a lease so i dnt know if it will be under the warranty or not. Thanks for all the good (yet friendly) advise.

ya i know about the normal whine but this is a really loud different obvious and annoying whine. I will try to get a video of it and post it.

Dre im 19 and pretty wild, but i take care of my Z as if it was my Child, if i had one, i do no stupid stuff, don't even go over 70 mph unless its somewhere legal, and haven't even done that, so please, when you get it fixed take care of it, its an excellent piece of machinery.

like he said its an excellent piece of machinery, but its still machinery. if u dun take care of it, it wont take care of you.

ya i know that now unfortunatley i had to learn from my experience. Now i just want to find out what the problem is.

its still under warranty so just bring it into the dealorship.