99charliebrown

so i have been having this issue when i start it when it has been sitting for bit. it makes this grinding noise and when i turn it seems to make the same sound. it use to stop after it warmed up and id be ok, but when ever i hit choppy roads this knocking or clunking noise i would hear.

now it has gotten a lot worse. when i start it, it makes that grinding noise and now it does it when i drive, it does not do it the entire time but it will freak out and make that noise,

I just need to know what is making the noise so i can fix it ASAP!

Ideas on what it possibly is:

Starter.
torque converter bolts.
slip yoke.
rear drive shaft U joints
engine mounts.


what do you guys think? i love this car i just want to fix it so i can keep loving it!

mike37

noises are a hard one to help with
can you take video with sound and post on youtub

on some other forums I'm a member of that has worked well and way easer to give good advice if the sound can be herd not just explained

99charliebrown

ya, i can try that. just really don't want to put it back into a shop for them to tell me nothing AGAIN. hate that sh**.

if anyone else has had a problem like this please tell me what yo did to fix it!

mike37

is it when you are moving or will it happen siting still

KEITHKETOLA

flywheel bolts?... i had an el camino and it lost a flywheel bolt- roughly, the same symptoms..

chefeagles

mine did something similar it made a horrible sounds when i pushed the gas and if I let it idea a min or 2 it would be ok then one day I couldnt go over 5mph and was making a very load almost pinging sound kinda like a pen rattleing in a coffee can turns out flywheel pretty much spilt in two. so two votes for flywheel.

99charliebrown

thanks, i will check that first thing tomorrow. hope it works. let me know if any other ideas pop up.