Re: Bad noises

[MARK DAVISON <markaab@global2000.net>]

Hi Kyle:

At 10:41 PM 2/10/97 -0800, you wrote:
>  My '82 'Rocco has recently begun to generate an odd noise from beneath
>the hood, much like a bearing rattling - or more metaphorically, like an
>exhaust pipe scraping gently along asphalt at low-to-medium speed.  It
>happens very rarely - only when there is a larger-than-average load put on
>the engine on flat road (usually in 2nd, over 3250 RPM or so); it never
>happens when climbing hills.  It never does it while idling or when the car
>is stopped, so it's impossible to get under the hood and analyze the
>situation constructively.

Make sure your alternator is tight and not rattling between it's
mounts.

Mark
Adirondack Auto Brokers
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Email markaab@global2000.net
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