[s-cars] B6 S4 4.2l engine vibration

[Tom Green]

Isolating the vibration as you have gives you the point of attack to  
solve the problem, so you will know soon enough.  But, given the  
symptoms, I would suspect the clutch disc has fractured
or shed some friction material.

Tom '95 S6
          '95.5 S6 avant
Knoxville, TN

On Friday November 12, 2010, at 9:49 PM, <cody at 5000tq.com>  wrote:
>
> Yes, the vibration is completely engine related. Pushing the clutch  
> while rolling stopped the vibration.
>
> -Cody (mobile)
>
> On Nov 12, 2010, at 9:34 PM, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 11/12/2010 8:43 PM, John Cody Forbes wrote:
>>> Today I took the car for a drive. I ran it up to 50mph (shifting  
>>> at 1800rpm... the torque this thing has is pretty fun), then shut  
>>> the engine off while in gear. The vibration continued. So that  
>>> completely rules out any sort of running issue.
>>>
>>> Based on responses and what I've found I am convinced it's a bad  
>>> flywheel. Ill keep everybody posted.
>>
>> Push in the clutch pedal to remove flywheel from equation?
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Huw Powell
>>
>> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
>>
>> http://www.humanthoughts.org/