Engine whine...cant shake it

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

THIS IS NOT MY PIC but it shows the concept

if this works, then the pico is still the issue

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

pour gasoline on it. I promise it will stop.

edit, I hate all pioneer head units. Except the AViC's where they managed to not screw up so often.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

also, do not use a factory ground for the hu. find a new location and use that. ground the case of the unit and the harness to that point.

most of the time the pico pops when an installer does not remove the battery (-) before doing ANY work involving the hu and/or rca's

 

[mrmex 10+ year member]

i already did that before i sent it off to be serviced with no avail. I cant remember if i redid it when i got it back but dont think so. didnt do it

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

pour gasoline on it. I promise it will stop.
edit, I hate all pioneer head units. Except the AViC's where they managed to not screw up so often.

did they not fix this issue in the new models? I had read where they were working on it, but no update since

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Not to my knowledge. Which is why id never buy another Pioneer product unless it was a high end model, and used (cheap).

Only thing i'll own is an Eclipse or an Alpine. Never had an issue with them, and ive installed a shit ton of them over the years.

Kenwood and Clarion come in last for me, but thats just because of their features IMO...but now that I think about it, ive never had whine probs from either of them.

 

[mrmex 10+ year member]

ok since i got a little more info now I guess i am going to tear into my ride later this week...this is been going on for a year and have learned to live with it but im too old for this shit now. I want a fully functioning god dammn stereo.!

1. shield rca's

2. recheck ground hu and amp to diff. places

3. what else?...drive off cliff?

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

ok since i got a little more info now I guess i am going to tear into my ride later this week...this is been going on for a year and have learned to live with it but im too old for this shit now. I want a fully functioning god dammn stereo.!
1. shield rca's

2. ground hu and amp to diff. places

3. what else?

ground the case of the hu as well as the harness

if the rca ground does not help, then I would assume it is something else. Maybe try a new set of rca's

 

[mrmex 10+ year member]

ground the case of the hu as well as the harness
if the rca ground does not help, then I would assume it is something else. Maybe try a new set of rca's

WIll ground case also....swapped rca's, been there done that:crazy:

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

2 things to try.....swap hu with one you might have laying around to see if it really is the issue. and do the same with the amp.

 

[mrmex 10+ year member]

got another pioneer for me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

i think i got a cheap amp in the closet still, i can try that but no HU.

Thanks for the help, im off to work now...will check later.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

don't have a pioneer:crap:

i have a jvc for testing purposes

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

I have actually found a Pioneer supertuner III tape player from the late 80's, and swapped it out with a brand new Pioneer mp3 player that had the wine problem...and the Supertuner had zero noise //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[mrmex 10+ year member]

I have actually found a Pioneer supertuner III tape player from the late 80's, and swapped it out with a brand new Pioneer mp3 player that had the wine problem...and the Supertuner had zero noise //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

I tend to have a wine problem but its my stereos whine problem that pisses me off:

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

I tend to have a wine problem but its my stereos whine problem that pisses me off:

sorry, fast typing FTL //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

GF's are often a souce of whine in your car too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif