2000 cavvy - engine 'whine'

hello! since my recent scuffle with jiffy fail lube, i have since bought a new-er cavalier. it is a 2000, same as my 1998, but a little newer and everything inside works!


the only thing i notice is the engine seems to make a high pitched 'whine' noise, which i can hear all the time, unless the car is in neutral, or when it is stopped. (it only makes the noise when i am accelerating!)

if you have any ideas on what it may be, please let me know!

it is the 4 cyl, 2.2 sfl, 3 speed transmission base model cavalier, auto trans!

thanks for any input!

What happened at jiffy? Ez loser blew my engine over the summer messing with my computer. Of course, can't prove it.
As far as a whining noise? Can you tell the area its coming from? May help those knowledgeable guys here to find it? From the belt area passenger side? The tensioner for the belt?