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Re: engine rattle


  • To: "quattro@coimbra.ans.net" <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
  • Subject: Re: engine rattle
  • From: Dave Eaton <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>
  • Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 09:16:13 +0012
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check your engine mounts.  the hydraulic ones when stuffed, collapse and cause
the motor to intergere with the engine bay...

-dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q

>
>I had a rattle, mostly under power, that was getting slowly worse (over a
>week - 10 days) in my 83 5kt.  Turned out to be a crank bearing.  While I
>would say, can you try to isolate the conditions under which it rattles, I
>would also say, drive it carefully one short trip to a mechanic.