[T3] Moaning in and out of gear

William J catnine09 at dslextreme.com
Mon Jun 27 17:02:32 PDT 2016


Did you change the muffler yet? I really could not hear anything on the 
video's.
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From: "Daniel Nohejl" <d.nohejl at gmail.com>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 2:25 PM
Subject: [T3] Moaning in and out of gear


> So I’ve either recently developed or only recently became attuned to an 
> irritating moaning noise coming from the back of the car under the engine 
> lid or thereabouts. It’s a relatively low pitched moaning wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh 
> sound that appears at the following points whether accelerating or 
> decelerating. Because of the speeds it occurs at, driving in traffic has 
> become really annoying:
>
> 12-15mph in 1st
> 20-23mph in 2nd
> 30-35mph in 3rd
>
> It sounds for the life of me like wheel bearings but there are two things 
> ruling them out. I’m confused b/c it seems that #1 would indicate the 
> transmission and #2 indicates the motor, possibly the fan?
>
> 1. if the sound is occurring and I immediately shift into neutral, the 
> sound goes away
>
> 2. i can reproduce the sound in neutral by revving the motor to a certain 
> rpm
>
> Here’s what it sounds like b/w 20 and 23 in 2nd. You need to either be 
> close to your computer speakers or wearing headphones. It might be hard to 
> pick up the sound at first, but once you do, it’s unmistakeable:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq6p3Tqm9i4 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq6p3Tqm9i4>
>
> And here’s a really brief clip with the trans in 3rd….you can hear it 
> disappear as we accelerate
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIo2mSKabLk 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIo2mSKabLk>
>
> Ahead of a big cross country trip starting next week, I’m a bit nervous 
> and having been burned so many times, I fear something grave is wrong. I’ll 
> go poking around and whatnot, but I wonder if this sound rings any bells.
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