***** Moderator's Note ***** Please reply to Hank privately ***** --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Hank Eskin" <heskin@xxxx> wrote: > > Hello All, > > I ask (ok, beg!) the moderators to please let this through, as I am > travelling quite a distance from home, and need some real basic car advice. > > My "other" car is a 1995 BMW 325i 5 speed with about 75k miles. Upon > arriving at my destination today, I noticed the clutch a little jittery upon > initial accelleration in first gear. I've had slipping clutches in other > cars, but this isn't it. It shifts and holds other gears just fine. When > I was parking, I noticed a low "rumbling" sound only when I had the clutch > depressed. As soon as I released the clutch (in neutral), the rumbling > disapeared. I've had the same "rumbling" in a previous car, but it was an > bad tranny when the clutch was engaged. I simply can't figure out what > could the problem be only when the clutch is depressed. If you have any > suggestions, please email me privately at heskin(at)bellatlantic.net. Thank > you all in advance! > > -Hank #1619