[V8] turkey gobble

[Andy Schor]

I had a '91 V8 5 speed that made a similar noise (also from the front of the 
passenger side bank), turned out to be the fan clutch bearing.

HTH,
Andy
'91 200q20v Avant

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "32vquattro" <allanvega at adelphia.net>
To: "Scott Simmons" <indischrot at gmail.com>; "V8 Audi Fans" <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [V8] turkey gobble


> Could be a a few things. Oil pump bearing ( bad news, because your basicly
> doing the belt job all over again) Fan clutch bearing( not so bad. run 
> motor
> with serp belt removed to see if noise goes away) or in  the belt is not
> tensioned correctly, and is slaping against the t-belt covers.  When you 
> (or
> whoever did the belt) tensioned the the belt, did you leave the cam gears
> loose? Common mistake made by shops that dont have the proper tools to do
> this job. Al
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Simmons" <indischrot at gmail.com>
> To: "V8 Audi Fans" <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:29 AM
> Subject: [V8] turkey gobble
>
>
>> I've been talking this over with Ron and Tony, but was curious what
>> others have found.
>>
>> Finished T-Belt job, now I have a squirrel in the car.  I say it's a
>> squirrel, but "turkey gobble" sounds good too.  I'll listen to it again
>> tomorrow.
>>
>> What was the consensus as to the origin of this noise?  I replaced all
>> bearings during the procedure.  Seems to be coming from the right
>> cylinder head area, although nothing in there was touched (save for the
>> cam gear during tensioning).
>>
>> Yet another post...
>> Scott Simmons