Driveline help

[Larry C Leung]

Thought about that, but it doesn't go away when the clutch is pressed.
I've had one suggestion that it could be the pilot bearing, but I don't
even know what a pilot bearing is....

LL - NY

On Sat, 08 Dec 2001 21:26:40 -0500 Kneale Brownson
<knotnook at traverse.com> writes:
>Could that be a throwout bearing issue?
>
>At 02:59 PM 12/08/2001 -0500, Larry C Leung wrote:
>
>>Patient '89,5 200Q MC2
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Does not change even if the clutch is depressed or left out.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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).
>>
>>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?
>>
>>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.
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>LL - NY