Re: but seriously (distrib noise)...

["Mike Guidotti" <mikeeg@mindspring.com>]

I experienced the same noise from my distributor about 2 years ago, the only
thing I could come up with was that there was excessive play in the shaft
and that the rotor was hitting the inside of the cap or it was just the
noise coming from the bearings, either way I was not going to wait till it
failed so I purchased a new one, which includes a new cap and rotor for like
$180 from GPR. much better than getting stuck on the side of the road.

Mike Guidotti
87 5000tq 140K
-----Original Message-----
From: only5kgt@uswest.net <only5kgt@uswest.net>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 9:47 PM
Subject: but seriously (distrib noise)...


>Hello everyone-
>It seems, reading over the previous post, that I emphasized
>the fact that I have resubbed. I meant to emphasize that
>although the 5kt is running fine, it made a *really* odd
>noise for a while. Has there really been no one else who has
>ever heard a sound like this??
>Again, it's an 87 MC engine, orig. ignition (and most
>everything else)
>It squealed, like a loose belt, from inside the distributor
>housing for a short time. Removal of the cap revealed
>nothing unusual (scrape marks, free play in the shaft,
>etc.)...
>I am a bit puzzled, to say the least. Short of swapping the
>dist., (which is quiet again BTW), how might I diagnose this
>latest unique Audi tune?
>Reminds me of the Graf pump "turkey gobble" debates.
>Thanks again,
>Rob
>87 5kt 5-speed 191K
>