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Re: transaxle-need help



 

Mark Mages wrote:

Are you sure the clanking isn;t from either the struts
or the CV joints?
I didn't check the struts and the cv joints (seeing that the boots are in good condition)but the sounds can be heard when the car is not moving, I pinpoint the area in the driver's side around the transaxle.
 

Just a thought... that's where most of my clanking
comes from...

--- "Wm. Josiah Erikson" <wje97@hamp.hampshire.edu>
wrote:
> Hmmm well hard to say if you're doing the right
> thing. This isn't really a
> common trans problem that I know of. Where is the
> puddle coming from? Find
> out where the transmission is leaking... describe
> what the kind of clanking
> noise is in more detail... is it always
> reproduceable? Does it happen just
> occasionally or all the time? Is it rhythmic? Does
> it vary with vehicle
> speed?
>     You may have a completely different problem
> altogether - doesn't sound
> like typical transmission problems to me. Lots of
> them leak. Have you
> checked the oil level?
>     -Josiah
>     '84 GTI
>     '87 QSW
>     http://bork.hampshire.edu
>
> Slink wrote:
>
> > I am in the process of taking out my transaxle and
> putting in another. I
> > would like to know whether or not if the action
> I'm taking is the
> > correct one.  First, I am getting noise from the
> trans (like a clanking
> > sound) that at the beginning used to be heard only
> when the car was in
> > gear and moving (it wasn't heard when the car was
> moving when my foot
> > was on the clutch ,or when the car was
> stationary), but now sound can be
> > heard here and there. Second, there's a oil puddle
> (facing the front of
> > the engine) around the left side of the engine.
> What I would like to
> > know is there anything else that I missing that
> would insure that my car
> > would be driveable after swapping in the
> transaxle.
> >
> > note: before I had this problem I couldn't shift
> out of 5th gear.
> >
> > Slink
> > 85 scirocco wolfburg ed
> >
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===
Mark

87 Westfalia Gl
84 Scirocco 8v

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