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On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 00:29, Fiesta Cranberry wrote: > > That's why I wrote in, it just seems the car wouldn't have lasted this > long with that kind of a problem. You know, to me, it sounds like the > noise is coming from the area of the generator, not within the engine > itself. And it sounds more like a rattle than a knock, like something > in the generator/pulley/fan area is loose. It's been doing this quite a > while, and I seem to remember it starting after I got rear-ended (about > 2 years ago) and somethng broke off the fan area and ended up in the big > rubber boot. A circular flat piece of metal about 3" across with a 1" > hole in the middle. > You know, I drive a lot of gravel roads, and because of a rust hole in the rear inner fender well, my engine sucked some gravel into the fan. You might have gotten something into the fan housing. If so, You might consider yourself lucky, as the engine is OK. You just need to get whatever it is out of the fan housing. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~