Re: Howling 4kq Transmission/Driveshaft?

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Matthew;

    Check out your driveshaft centre bearing, front CV joint, and u-joint.
Have you been greasing the u-joint? Hopefully it is a bad centre bearing,
and not a tranny problem.

Fred Munro
'91 200q  264k km
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Brenengen <qcar@hotmail.com>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Sunday, December 20, 1998 12:21 AM
Subject: Howling 4kq Transmission/Driveshaft?


I though I was finally done excising all the evil bugs from my new 87
4kq.  I finally got the temp gauge to work properly, thanks to a $10
sender from my local auto yard.  I next time I drove the car, however,
something in the transmission started to make an awful noise.  It is a
LOUD whistling, flute-like, siren-like noise that emanates from the
driveshaft tunnel.  Its epicenter seems to be approximately 8 aft
(towards the back seat) of the shifter.  It make its bad noises
regardless of the gear or if the clutch is disengaged.  It howls from 3
 30 mph, then quits, only to come back abruptly while slowing to 30.

It did this a few weeks ago for a day and a half, then quit.  Now it is
back.  There are two variables that may have enticed its return: (1)
while I was putting in the sender, it was parked at a severe angle into
my driveway.  I left it there for about 3 hours;  (2) it is very cold
here today (0f), but, it did not make the noise this morning when I went
to the wrecking yard.

I had a case of Redline in the trunk, so I changed the tranny oil to see
if that would help (boy was the old stuff gooey and there was no where
near 2 quarts of it).  The change made no difference.  Although I have
my fingers crossed that it will fix itself again, I will probably not be
that lucky.

Whadayathink?

Matthew Brenengen