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--- Jacob Schroeder <schroeder@purdue.edu> wrote: > I'm hoping it's something as easy as the heads > coming loose. I had my VW > mechanic listen to it and he said he didn't think it > sounded like it was an > internal engine noise. He thought it sounded more > like an exhaust leak or > some other leak caused by a bad gasket or a loose > head. When I first heard your issue, I thought I'd suggest maybe a loose head-to-exhaust connection, but I thought I'd leave it to the people on the list since I'm still a novice at all this... I still haven't gotten to fix my bad exhaust (one of the reasons I didn't go to the Invasion) where it's rusting between the large heat exchanger & the muffler. The most pronounced noise is a RAT TAT TAT TAT TAT that sounds like something knocking very loudly. The hole is not that large, but it's enough to make a loud tapping type noise that's quite unnerving. I know it's just the exhaust since the rust has been deteriorating the pipe very slowly and the noise has gotten progressively worse. I'm hoping to finally get to it this weekend. I don't remember if you can reach the rear head-to-exhaust connection with the engine in the car, but you might check that if you can get to it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~