Re: Eggbeater under the hood?

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Colin Barfoot say:

> A new mysterious sound came form under the hood of the Quattro this evening as
> the wife and older kids were heading to VBS.  I popped the hood and couldn't 
> immediately see anything wrong. but when the engine was on it sounded like an 
> eggbeater i.e. the sound of a hand cranked eggbeater as its blades hit the 
> sides of a plastic mixing bowl.  I couldn't see any obvious interference or 
> sign of rubbing.  The sound seemed to be coming from the vicinity of the 
> alternator.  As the car accelerating away the frequency obviously picked up 
> with the engine speed.
> 
> So is my alternator about to give up the ghost?  I haven't seen any check 
> engine lights or any other obvious signs of reduced charging. 

Get underneath the car with it idling and see if it is on the
exhaust. Common "rattlers" are the heat shield and the clamps that
hold the pipe onto the cat.

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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
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