Driveline help

[Larry C Leung]

Yech! (though about what I expected. Here's really hoping it's a noise
related to my vacuum leak......right!)

Thanks (I think)

LL - NY

On Sun, 09 Dec 2001 10:38:46 -0500 Kneale Brownson
<knotnook at traverse.com> writes:
>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