> Sounds to me like your speedo cable is about to die.

Not necessarily. Sometimes the cable just gets bent a little tight due to
other things under the dash pressing on it. Check this out and/or spray some
teflon lubricant into the end of the cable housing... worked for me!

Bill

Mine was doing what yours
> is and when I replaced it no more noise. It's an easy do if you ar at all
> mechanical.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> dawn wrote:
>
> > in the  mornings when i  get out  to  drive the vanagon to work the
> > speedometer will whine about 10 miles ten quit whining and work just
fine.it
> > is a high pitch noise how can i fix this?
> >  Also my vanagon is using alot of oil I drive about 80 miles a day  and
she
> > uses about a 1/2 a quart a week she did not do this until winter set in
i
> > use sae 30  penzoil oil . what should i do ?
> > It is about 10 - 50 degrees here.
> > I live in north carolina
> > Darrel
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