I purchased this from Tom and seemed to have knocked out about 95% of the noise - I can still hear it slightly when accelerating and when it is in between songs. So if a song is playing, there is no more whining (unless the wife is complaining about the hip-hop music I am listening to )

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2001 X5 3.0i (PP/WP/AP) Traded at 213K miles
RARE White on Black - Why does everyone get Tan??
First E53 with 215s on XOutpost!!