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transmission noises?? 700 1990

posted by  speculaas on  Thu Feb 20 11:58 CST 2003
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Last weekend as I drove my 1990 740 16-valve down a snowy Iowa road, I started to hear an occasional thumping noise from the bottom of the car. A few miles later I was slowing down and heard a grinding type noise along with the thumping. After stopping the car I put the car into park and then back into drive. The grinding and thumping noises were gone. Then the other day I thought I heard another thump. Anybody else have this problem or does anyone have an idea of what to check?








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    transmission noises?? 700 1990

    posted by  Zee on  Thu Feb 20 19:38 CST 2003
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    Could some snow/ice have built up around your transmission and drive shaft area causing some mis-alignment or impinginment?

    A similar condition happened this recent blizzard (24" snowfall in 24 hours) where the 740 turbo wheels on my 244GL became so packed with snoe it nearly negated the front brakes and caused an "out of balance" condition to the front wheels for a couple of days.

    Until I kicked the snow out from between the spokes.
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    1989 740Ti 1986 240DL 1984 244GL








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    transmission noises?? 700 1990

    posted by  someone claiming to be bl on  Thu Feb 20 12:08 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    You may want to take a look at your "center" support bearing on the driveshaft. It's located sort of below and behind the console on the driveshaft. When they go out, they howl, grind, whine and make all kinds of noise.

    bl 180K and counting







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