Re: Uh oh ... funny noises

[Sean_Ford@idx.com]

To:   quattro
Ok, let's start with the most innocuous (and least expensive) thing
possible.... cat heat shield? Is it a tinny sounding vibration? Can it be
heard (windows open, radio and fan off) when driving over bumps?

Sean Ford
'92 Audi 100CS 5-spd 38k mi
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/5528

Original Message--------------------
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 22:14:05 -0400
From: "Craig D. Niederst" <niederst@telerama.com>
Subject: Uh oh ... funny noises

>Driving my '92 100S to work on Friday morning and heard an unusual
vibration
>type sound from under the car. Only present when accelerating from a full
>stop. Sound is present for a couple of seconds when accelerating, then
goes
>away. Immediately my mind turns to the tranny (and the $6k replacement
cost
>from the dealer). But the tranny seems to be operating fine (no rough
>shifts, no slippage in acceleration when noise present, etc). The noise is
>not present every time I accelerate from a stop. Could I be overlooking
>something else down there that may be causing this problem? Any btdt on
the
>signs of tranny failure (especially the 4 sp autos on the earlier V6's)?
>TIA.