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I love it when you can see and hear somebodys engine half a world away!! Loose gen belt? air leak in the carb area? Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Moran" <356@matara.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 8:32 PM Subject: [T3] Funny Engine Noise on my Notch > Hi all, > > I took my wifes 65 1500S Notch for a drive after being parked up for a year > last week, and after about 10 minutes a noise started coming from the > engine. Its a high pitched squealing noise that seems to be coming from the > right hand side of the engine, but if I poke my head under the car it seems > like its coming from somewhere else. I thought it was gernator bearings, but > they are OK, then I thought it may be a dry clutch release bearing, but the > sound is constant whether the clutch is engaged or not. The sound only > disappears if I rev the engine. > > For anyone interested I've put a little movie up at > http://www.matara.net/temp/notch.avi with sound so you can judge. > > Its really got me stumped. I'm thinking of pulling the engine to change the > release bearing anyway, but any pointers would be much appreciated. > > Cheers > > Steve Moran > 1500S Notch > Sydney, Australia > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >