Driveline help

[Kneale Brownson]

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Maybe they're synonymous with the clutch release bearing shown in
Bentley?????  The noise troubleshooting section of the Bentley suggests
several sources of strange sounds made at idle independent of clutch
operation that have to do with distortion of clutch parts.  Checking any of
them, of course, requires clutch removal.

At 12:44 AM 12/09/2001 -0500, Larry C Leung wrote:

>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
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