Automatic or manual? I don't know jack about automatics, so all of the
following is for Manuals.

On a manual this is a clear symptom of a baked gear, or some tranny
bearings that want to go to Heaven to be with Jesus and the little lambs,
and harps, and clouds. You (or a previous owner) may have let the tranny
fluid get low, and the friction scorched a gear or some bearings.

You can usually live with either for an amazingly long time. Change your
fluid to a synthetic. Add Slick 50 "For Manual Transmissions". Keep an eye
on the filings that collect on the drain plug magnet.

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Mount Olive, NC USA
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Daryl Densford [SMTP:dwd@fltg.net]
Sent:   Thursday, July 27, 2000 1:20 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Whine during acceleration

Hi, List,

I must say, being new to the list, I have learned alot just reading it!
I've tired to submit help when I've had it to give--I'm sure that the
longer
I drive and maintain my vanagon, I'll have more to offer.

I have a question for the collective wisdom of the list, perhaps someone
has
experienced this:

A whining sound (I've eliminated the wife and kids!) occurs upon
acceleration.  It stops when I let off the gas pedal and increases (in
speed-becomes higher pitched) when I increase acceleration.

Everything else seems fine- no decrease in power, no other noises, etc..

I can't really tell where it's coming from, though it seems most definitely
from the back.

Could there be an easy explanation for this?

TIA,

Daryl Densford
Blue '90 GL in NY