Mark Mages wrote:
Are you sure the clanking isn;t from either the strutsI didn't check the struts and the cv joints (seeing that the boots are in good condition)but the sounds can be heard when the car is not moving, I pinpoint the area in the driver's side around the transaxle.
or the CV joints?
Just a thought... that's where most of my clanking
comes from...--- "Wm. Josiah Erikson" <wje97@hamp.hampshire.edu>
wrote:
> Hmmm well hard to say if you're doing the right
> thing. This isn't really a
> common trans problem that I know of. Where is the
> puddle coming from? Find
> out where the transmission is leaking... describe
> what the kind of clanking
> noise is in more detail... is it always
> reproduceable? Does it happen just
> occasionally or all the time? Is it rhythmic? Does
> it vary with vehicle
> speed?
> You may have a completely different problem
> altogether - doesn't sound
> like typical transmission problems to me. Lots of
> them leak. Have you
> checked the oil level?
> -Josiah
> '84 GTI
> '87 QSW
> http://bork.hampshire.edu
>
> Slink wrote:
>
> > I am in the process of taking out my transaxle and
> putting in another. I
> > would like to know whether or not if the action
> I'm taking is the
> > correct one. First, I am getting noise from the
> trans (like a clanking
> > sound) that at the beginning used to be heard only
> when the car was in
> > gear and moving (it wasn't heard when the car was
> moving when my foot
> > was on the clutch ,or when the car was
> stationary), but now sound can be
> > heard here and there. Second, there's a oil puddle
> (facing the front of
> > the engine) around the left side of the engine.
> What I would like to
> > know is there anything else that I missing that
> would insure that my car
> > would be driveable after swapping in the
> transaxle.
> >
> > note: before I had this problem I couldn't shift
> out of 5th gear.
> >
> > Slink
> > 85 scirocco wolfburg ed
> >
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