My car doesn't like the rain - Terrible Vibrations.

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

I half thought that it could be an alignment problem so I don't think you
are that way off.

On 7/20/06, Greg Pallett <greg.rocco@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  That's really Bizzare.
>
> This is a bit of a stretch... But how's the alignment?  I had a horribly
> out of alignment car that drove fine on dry roads, but in the wet it was
> quite a handfl - it became much more darty and felt unstable around the
> turns.
>
> I'm having a hard time trying to formulate my theory, but maybe.... on a
> wet road the disagreement in which way the front wheels want to go is
> causing some sympathetic vibration, since they are slipping more readily on
> the wet road than they would in the dry.....?
>
> If you think I should get most creative answer award, or if you'd like to
> call and laugh hysterically at my half-assed theory, by all means!
> It's just the wet/dry difference that I'm thinking of..
>
> Cheers!
>
> GP
>
>
>  On 7/20/06, Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Something very strange starts to happens when I am driving on roads that
> have a good amount of water on them.  The engine and exhaust system starts
>
> to vibrate horribly.  I can feel the exhaust system banging against the
> tunnel.  I don't know if this is the result of something else happening.
> All the motor mounts were replaced last year when I rebuilt the motor.  I
> have just recently put the stiffest rubber rear motor mount TT sells so I
> don't think it is due to bad motor mounts.  I have a Poly front motor
> mount
> also. I can't believe it is because the motor is flexing.  You can hardly
> move it by hand.  Since the last rain I got under the car and loosened the
> rear and used a pry bar to move it forward as far as I could as it was all
> the way toward the rear.  This only happens when there is a good amount of
>
> water on the roads.  On dry roads it is perfect.  I have never experienced
> this in my other Sciroccos.
>
> --
> Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> 1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
> 1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
> 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
> 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Beetle (sold)
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)