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cococola

cococola

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Is it just my 944....I have tried to elliminate general creaks and rattles on my 944 over the last 4 years by

  • I have double deadened my carpet underlay improved quietness.
  • packed spare wheel area and rear quarters with stick on foam pads.
  • tightened any screws that hold interior trimming
  • all door apeture push on trims tightened onto surrounds.
I seem to have various creaks from the roof panel area at times and wonder if anybody else has gone to similar lengths to sort out creaks/rattles [8|]or is it just me being ultra fussy?[:D]
 
Hi CC

I play that game too. It's never ending! I fix one and another starts somewhere else.

Turn up the radio!

Stuart
 
Every now and then I get the odd creak or rattle as something works its way loose after 20 odd years but once its tightened up again its one of the quietest and solid cars I've ever driven - can't beat 80's Porsche build quality
 
My sunroof is forever creaking.
But, most annoying is a buzzing noise from somewhere behind the dash. Its comes in at about 3000 rpm and goes at around 4000 rpm. Anyone got any ideas on this?

Hope th OP doesn't mind me adding to the post (in keeping with theme). [:)]
 
I get some creaks and squeaks from my rear hatch and my tailpipe mounting, I have attacked both, but they work as a tag team...
 
The answer is easy....just strip all the carpets and rear seats out. The torque tube whine, exhaust thrum, gearbox fizz and gravel tattoo wil easily subdue any annoying little creaks!
 
Not just you CocaCola - I do it all the time. Cars get old because they start to look and feel old. Cleaning and polishing them, keeping them in top running condition and keeping on top of rattles and squeaks all keep a car 'young'.

My S2 has a bad creak in the sunroof which I hope to get to grips with before winter (it is fine with the sunroof open, which has 'cured' it during the summer!) The rear wiper mechanism rattles as well (debating whether to remove it altogether), and the centre exhaust silencer rattles at low revs as well. Not sure what to do about that one ...

Snag is, as Scam said, you solve one and two more turn up to replace it!



Oli.
 
I recall an article in the BMW magazine in the mid-nineties about their new 150mph wind tunnel (The fastest car one in exostence at that time), the '96 5 series was the first car developed in there.

The chap in the article was saying that they sat in the new 5 series at high speed with a microphone chasing down noises, and each time they cured one, they found the next one, cured that and so on. They said that they had to draw a line as they started hitting the law of diminishing returns as they got more and more obsessed!

They also did some work on the then-current 3 series, My new 'P' reg one at the time was the first with little dots on the inside of the mirror, which were there as a result of work in this tunnel to reduce the drumming on the window by the airflow betwixt it and the mirror, they also did the same on the top of the headlights to reduce the noise produced by the air flowing between them and the bonnet lip.

 
What we should do is list a rattle or creak that has been annoying us and then put a solution we have found.

Here's mine. I've had various squeaks from the door panels, dash and other vinyl against vinyl areas. All cured by silicone in an aerosol can. Penetrates and works a treat no stain or residue seem to last.

Any body got a cure for a low hum between 60 and 65mph. isn't there before this speed or after. Not gearbox.not wheel bearing its almost like it a resonace.

Any ideas?

Ian


 

ORIGINAL: Fat Albert

I recall an article in the BMW magazine in the mid-nineties about their new 150mph wind tunnel (The fastest car one in exostence at that time), the '96 5 series was the first car developed in there.

The chap in the article was saying that they sat in the new 5 series at high speed with a microphone chasing down noises, and each time they cured one, they found the next one, cured that and so on. They said that they had to draw a line as they started hitting the law of diminishing returns as they got more and more obsessed!
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Typical over-obsessive German engineers - you've got to love stories like that!
 

ORIGINAL: Fat Albert

I recall an article in the BMW magazine in the mid-nineties about their new 150mph wind tunnel (The fastest car one in exostence at that time), the '96 5 series was the first car developed in there.

The chap in the article was saying that they sat in the new 5 series at high speed with a microphone chasing down noises, and each time they cured one, they found the next one, cured that and so on. They said that they had to draw a line as they started hitting the law of diminishing returns as they got more and more obsessed!

They also did some work on the then-current 3 series, My new 'P' reg one at the time was the first with little dots on the inside of the mirror, which  were there as a result of work in this tunnel to reduce the drumming on the window by the airflow betwixt it and the mirror, they also did the same on the top of the headlights to reduce the noise produced by the air flowing between them and the bonnet lip.
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That sounds very typically BMW.

Apparently they organise their workforce into teams according to expertise, unlike most other car manufacturers. So there will be a very small group of people who are word-class experts on the way that air moves around a car cabin, for instance. And another team who only know about how to keep windscreen wipers on the windscreen at speed.

I have never owned a BMW, but it does sound like they make genuinely excellent cars. (If it wasn't for the image of them, I'd own an E36 M3 instead of a 944.)


Oli.
 
I get in the car this morning and there are fewer creaks(due to the cloder morning?)...........argh[:mad:][:mad:][&:]
is there a fix for foof rattles/creaks that anybody can recommend please?
 
Open the sunroof and wipe some 'Holts Plastic and rubber lubricant' all round the seal. It quitens a multitude of squeaks as the rubber grates against it seat. Don't use vaseline as this is petroleum based and actually destroys rubber over time
 
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