Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:34:33 -0400
Reply-To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject: Re: Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens
in neutral when depressing accelerator
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Another possibility to consider....Repeat the test, but when you get
up to 3000rpms, move the steering, and see if that changes things.
I.E. this test is to see if it could be your power steering pulley or
pump.
On Jul 5, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Harold Teer wrote:
> OK,
>
> I can now give a much better description of the problem. The other
> evening,
> the sound had gone away and I was going from my memory which was
> faulty.
>
> I can now sometimes replicate the sound when the van is stopped, the
> emergency brake on, the transmission in neutral, the clutch not
> depressed,
> and I accelerate the engine. The sound (metallic squeal) happens if I
> accelerate to about 3000 rpms and the sound briefly occurs there and
> when I
> release the accelerator. It does not sound like a squealing belt
> but does
> have that kind of sound except that it is more metallic in nature.
> Transmission and clutch operation are smooth.
>
> Now, I am starting to think it could be the water pump. Not leaking
> yet
> that I can see and I have lost no coolant in the 1,000 miles since
> we have
> left home.
>
> What do you think? Will try and check email this evening or in the
> morning.
>
> Harold
> ___
> Harold Teer
> 1991 Westy (Vangaux)
> Harrisonburg, VA
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> Could you describe the noise please !
>> a whining sound, a crunch. a pop, a clunk...........etc.
>> more than 'metallic sound' if you can.
>>
>> do the clutch pedal and shifter feel totally normal and smooth ?
>> ........like there is *no* symptom, except the noise .........or is
>> there
>> 'a strange feel' in either the clutch pedal or shifter ?
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Teer" <teer.vanagon@GMAIL.COM
>> >
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 5:40 PM
>> Subject: Metallic sound when depressing the clutch
>>
>>
>>
>> My wife are on our way from Virginia to Newfoundland and are now in
>>> Brattleboro,Vermont heading to Maine. I just noticed a new sound
>>> from our
>>> 91 Westy and am wondering if anyone can give me a best guess as to
>>> what
>>> may
>>> be causing the noise. I have Larry's list of shops on my computer
>>> so can
>>> access it to find a shop but wanted some ideas before hunting for
>>> a shop
>>> next week.
>>>
>>> The transmission shifts easily and the van is running great. The
>>> transmission fluid has been changed every couple of years and it was
>>> changed
>>> before this trip. However, sometimes when I put the clutch in to
>>> shift
>>> from
>>> 1st to 2nd and from 2nd to 3rd, a metallic sound momentarily emits
>>> from
>>> the
>>> rear of the van. After I get the van in the next gear, the noise
>>> goes
>>> away. Once or twice, the noise continued for a few seconds after
>>> the
>>> clutch
>>> was released. The noise does not happen every time I shift and I
>>> think it
>>> is related to the clutch and not the transmission itself.
>>>
>>> Ideas and thoughts appreciated,
>>>
>>> Harold
>>> ___
>>> Harold Teer
>>> 1991 Westy (Vangaux)
>>> Harrisonburg, VA
>>>
>>
>>
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