Try this test. Get in a really big level parking lot. Start to drive in a circle and steer it tighter and tighter until the steering wheel is against the stops.After going one way, turn it into the other way. (1)A bad or dying power steering pump will whine like crazy, and (2) a dying CV will begin to knock very audibly. If neither (they are not related) happens, just drive the thing. It's prol'ly not worrying over until it gets worse. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver developtrust wrote: > Just went for a drive at 10 PM when it is quiet on our street. The sound > seems to be most prominent at 35 MPH. When I cruise in neutral it does not > seem to happen, BUT the sound is so faint that it is hard to tell when and > under what conditions it occurs. maybe I am too much of a perfectionist. > > I guess I will just have to wait for the sound to mature (or immature.) > > I will keep checking. > > William > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:00 PM > Subject: Re: New mystery. Faint rumble from right side of van > > > *It could something as simple as a weak motor mount letting the exhaust > > touch the body or torque the drive train badly.* > > > > This portion of the reply was serious. Rumbling often occur just at > > takeoff or at peak power levels when the motor mounts can flex under the > > peak load. > > snip |
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