If you push in the clutch and it goes away Its probabally a bearing in the trans. Ive had quite a few go out. Its actually kinda common.
Mike
I think Mike is correct on this one. I have had two trannies fail like this. When the fluid change does not do much to correct the whining, as you keep driving it, the whining will become louder in 1st, then progress to whining in second, then third gear over time.Once second gear starts it will progress alot faster if it's the trans bearing). In my X-90 I puched it for thoudands of miles whining like this till it blew the trans apart
I was curious how long it would last and it made it somewhere around 15K before it blew (from the start of the whining) The bad part was it blew apart on the first day last winter that it hit single digit temps, was sleeting, I left my cell at home, had to walk dowm the interstate a couple of miles to the closest store and wait 2 hours for a friend to get off work and come get me 100 miles from home
Zig