I just picked up a clean '87 325e automagic with about 180k miles on it. Things were fine for the first couple of days but now I have a fairly loud scraping or chirping noise coming from the flex plate / torque converter area. It's almost like a noisy belt at first but then it changes into more metallic sound that matches engine speed. It seems to go away for a second when you shift into drive or reverse, but comes back pretty quickly... It almost disappears at a steady cruise but comes back once you start accelerating.
I pulled the inspection cover off and checked all of the bolts that hold the converter onto the flex plate... they are all very tight.
Is this a common issue? I've never experienced this with my turbo Volvos or any other car for that matter.
I pulled the inspection cover off and checked all of the bolts that hold the converter onto the flex plate... they are all very tight.
Is this a common issue? I've never experienced this with my turbo Volvos or any other car for that matter.
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