I'm with Jake. The tenor of the sound make me think lighter bearing
and further from core.

alistair

On 8-Nov-10, at 4:38 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:

That sounds more like water pump/alternator/intermediate shaft
bearing from
here - if you want a better read, drop by the store on Friday or
Saturday
and then I can really hear it properly.

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:09 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Much thanks for the help. Got home in one piece (in spite of my f'up
> West of Port Angelos. Pics to follow  ;)
>
> Here's a youtube link to a quick video I shot of my engine running on
> 10w30. I had just pulled a long grade in upper 60's F weather:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8AysIQrhfg
>
> You can hear it more in the last few seconds but it is audible at the
> beginning too. Sorry audio is so crappy. Any takers on what it might
> be?
>
> Running 15w40 noise seems to be gone though ambient temps were lower
> after oil change. My IR gun at coolant hoses and head showed head
> being hottest at 190F. Upper hose much hotter than lower which was
> cool. Rad showed normal temps too. Same temps I saw when swap was
> first running ok ~ 2 years ago.
>
> <shrugs>
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-
> gas-engines
>

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Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

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