[s-cars] Grrrrrrrrrrr.... prop-shaft problem?

[Adrian Hart]

on 28/8/03 6:31 pm, Frederic L'Huillier at Frederic.L'Huillier at Siebel.com
wrote:

> Adrian driving a bimmer, this is the joke du jour ! ! !

Tell me about it... :-(

I just test-drove an E36 328i coupe - just where the S4 or urQ are about to
take off the BMW ran out of steam. Hopeless. And the build quality felt much
less substantial than Audi.  Even Helen (who isn't even aware of things like
Diff Locks) remarked that it felt less stable in bends tan the quattros. So
I think I've knocked that notion on the head.

I think the M-series are probably OK, but you pay a lot for the privilege,
in terms of maintenance and insurance.

Adrian




>
> Regards,
> Frederic
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Hart [mailto:mail at red-wing.co.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 6:48 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Grrrrrrrrrrr.... prop-shaft problem?
>
>
> If I could just drag you off Fred's big muscle thread for a minute...
>
> Grrrrr is the noise my S4 is still making, together with a low frequency
> vibration, on high-power/low rev take-off and hard acceleration from a
> low RPM condition. Having had the clutch replaced I was led to believe
> that growling symptoms were caused by misaligned propshaft and
> accordingly purchased the tool and set everything up by the book. Whilst
> this did alleviate things a bit, the noise is still there and if
> anything is getting worse again.
>
> I'm starting to worry that there may be a problem within the clutch
> itself - anybody got any other ideas?
>
> Have to sort this quick because my wife is also starting make a noise
> that sounds like "B-M-W", or some such nonsense.
>
> Cheers
>
> Adrian Hart
>
> UK
>
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