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RE: a strange noise.
well the downpipe wasindeed touching the metal bar over that the antisway
bar was near/touching . Thanks for the tip
Steve Stalcup
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Chris Coracini wrote:
> could be that. that also causes the downpipe to hang lower and hit the
> antiroll bar. check to see if it's touching... i got nasty vibration
> from the exhaust touching the underside of the car over the rear axle.
> it was really smashed up against it, so i didn't hear it vibrate back
> there, i just felt the entire car vibrate. could also be tranny problem
> or CV problem, but not as likely.
>
> chris
> 86 16V scirocco
>
> >----------
> >From: Stephen Stalcup[SMTP:elfking@nmt.edu]
> >Sent: Monday, January 18, 1999 1:54 PM
> >To: Jonas Karlsson; scirocco-l
> >Subject: Re: a strange noise.
> >
> >Well I went out and did some more testing. The noise/vibration only happens
> >when the engine and wheels are engaged. And it only happens after 4000 rpm.
> >almost every gear. Could it be a motor mount? Any help would be nice
> >
> >Steve Stalcup
> >'88 16v
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jonas Karlsson <jkarlsso@metabolex.com>
> >To: scirocco-l <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; Stephen Stalcup <elfking@nmt.edu>
> >Date: Sunday, January 17, 1999 3:36 PM
> >Subject: RE: a strange noise.
> >
> >
> >>When one of my front wheel bearings went bad, it caused my whole car to
> >vibrate. Not so noticable feelings-wise, but all of the interior panels
> >would rattle like crazy, and after a week of ???, a deafening noise
> >developed that would fill the cockpit at any speed above 45 mph. But you
> >might not be experiencing this. You say that it is only present when the car
> >is in gear. Did you test it? I.E. did you take it out of gear while on the
> >highway, and did the noise disappear? If so, then it is NOT the wheel
> >bearings. Do some testing, to narrow down where it's from. Take notice of
> >the conditions that make the noise, then isolate each of those conditions.
> >(i.e. For me, there was a loud-ass noise when going above 45 mph. The
> >conditions were: my engine would be revving at about 3-4K, the car was in
> >gear, and the wheels were turning. To isolate the engine, I just revved it
> >while at a stop- no noise. To isolate the drive-train, I pressed the clutch
> >in while going on the highway- noise still there. This pointed towards the
> >wheels/drivetrain. To finalize the trackdown, the noise would disappear when
> >I took this -35 mph- left turn while going 55. This took the load off of the
> >left front wheel, indicating a bad bearing)
> >> Hope you hunt the problem down.
> >>sorry for the long post
> >>
> >>Jonas 85 Scirocco
> >>
> >>PS. I bought the wheel bearing puller from SP tools (through TT). I would
> >be willing to help someone replace their bearings with it. I live in the SF
> >bay area, and I just want pizza, beer & conversation in exchange :-)
> >>
> >>Stephen Stalcup wrote:
> >>>Well after just getting my car back I noticed an odd noise. This >noise
> >only happens after about 4000 rpm and when it is in gear. >It's like my
> >whole car is vibrating. I didn't notice this before >I put it in the shop,
> >but it could have been a noise that was >covered up by the bad passenger
> >side motor mount. This >"rattling/vibrating" seems most prominent in 5th
> >gear. but it >happens in most gears. it isn't very pronounced in 4th. Can
> >>anyone help me out with this noise.
> >>>
> >>>Stephen Stalcup
> >>>'88 16v
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