Driveline help

[Kneale Brownson]

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Could that be a throwout bearing issue?

At 02:59 PM 12/08/2001 -0500, Larry C Leung wrote:

>Patient '89,5 200Q MC2
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>1) My car seems to have developed a noise which seem sot be related to
>it's stumbling under acceleration There's a whirring sound coming from
>either the rear od the engine or from the bell housing. It occurs only
>after the car has been run (even for short time). Mostly at idle.
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>Does not change even if the clutch is depressed or left out.
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>Goes away when the car is driving forwards (tension under load) sometimes
>comes back (rather quietly, but hard to hear over the sm=now tires) on
>over-run.
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>Noise especially noticeable when pulling to a stop. Weird thing. If you
>shut the engine off, and restart immediately, the noise is gone on
>restart. Takes a making the car go in motion to get it to reappear,
>usually after a couple of hundred yards (meters).
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>2) What are the symptoms of a clogged cat (converter, the animal would
>probably just not use the litterbox for days on end) ? Would the symptoms
>be intermittent, at least early on? Would they be worse cold or warm?
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>JUST when I thought I had the car running correctly, it's choosing to
>really screw up. I'm not happy and am concerned about it's reliability
>right now.
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>TIA,
>
>LL - NY
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