Re: grinding sound in rain - '91 200q

[nwlove <dloves@myhome.net>]

Ahhh
My Falkin treads used to do weird things like that in certain depths of water and
would scare the daylights out of you when you're 20 mi. from anyone.

Ti An wrote:

> Alexander van Gerbig writes:
> >     Ahh!  This used to happen to my mother's 200q20v all the time in rain.
> > When my father first owned the car it happened with such furosity the engine
> > would almost quit.  He took the car to the dealership under warranty 4 or
> > more times to have that corrected and it never was.  Now the car doesn't do
> > it very often, and if it does it is much milder.  There has been so much
> > replacing and changing in my mother's 20v that no one could ever find out
> > the cause.  If you ever find out the primary cause please contact me.
>
> Noise of water spray splashing against wheel well?  A slipping belt?
>
> -Ti
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> 84 5000S 2.1 turbo
> 80 4000 2.0
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