Possibly a fan. I don't hear very well, but I do notice a whine after shutting down the engine. It must be the fan cooling the radiator, it doesn't last very long. Any way good luck diagnosing it.
I believe the noise you hear after you turned off the engine is an electric pump that is used to cool down the turbo with coolant. However I think it only runs once the engine has been switched off.Possibly a fan. I don't hear very well, but I do notice a whine after shutting down the engine. It must be the fan cooling the radiator, it doesn't last very long. Any way good luck diagnosing it.
I hear that noise too when I put the car away in my garage after even a gentle drive, so the turbo won't have been working very hard. I thought it was my Spider singing to me....I believe the noise you hear after you turned off the engine is an electric pump that is used to cool down the turbo with coolant. However I think it only runs once the engine has been switched off.
That's correct. This is a normal noise and it's a GOOD feature of the car. However Fiat doesn't tell anyone about it, so when a new owner notices, he/she tends to think something is wrong with the car.I believe the noise you hear after you turned off the engine is an electric pump that is used to cool down the turbo with coolant. However I think it only runs once the engine has been switched off.
The sound from my engine occurs when it's running, not after it has been shut down...I know the sound you describe and have heard it...I don't think that's what it is.That's correct. This is a normal noise and it's a GOOD feature of the car. However Fiat doesn't tell anyone about it, so when a new owner notices, he/she tends to think something is wrong with the car.
Greg
I was responding to someone else. I don't know what the noise in your car is.The sound from my engine occurs when it's running, not after it has been shut down...I know the sound you describe and have heard it...I don't think that's what it is.
OK..thanks. It may just wind up being nothing...a case of hyper-critical listening and figuring out what are the "normal" operating sounds from this engine/sound insulation setup. It seems to be driving just fine, so I'm not going to worry about it further absent any other symptoms.I was responding to someone else. I don't know what the noise in your car is.
Greg
I don't have any pinging sound, just the pump running. Are you running it hard just before you park it. I drive very quietly through the neighborhood and maybe it has cooled down to a lower point than yours.Even the pinging sound after a car runs for a while is something they don't tell you about yet everyone reports it. Should be in the owners manual or something.
What did you find out from the dealer? I've just recently noticed a whining noise from our Lusso auto, which seems to lessen after the car warms up. Wasn't happening before...OK..thanks. It may just wind up being nothing...a case of hyper-critical listening and figuring out what are the "normal" operating sounds from this engine/sound insulation setup. It seems to be driving just fine, so I'm not going to worry about it further absent any other symptoms.
Mine gets better when warm but never goes away completely...some of these new transmissions typically have a whine to them now...this one is quiet compared to my other new cars...I have an automatic, too, and there is a whine, especially when starting out on cold days ...well, it is cold all the time now in Colorado ....but it goes away when operating temps climb.