Hello,
My wife's 95 Grand Am is making a bad growling noise when I turn to right sharply and accelerate fairly hard. It has a 4 cyl with
Thanks!
A start is if the car vibrates more in Drive than in Park or Neutral while stopped (but with the engine running). How is your oil and your oil pressure?
Don't know the exact model, but I expect you have 3 or 4 mounts and they hold the engine up. Easy to spot.
Motor mounts!?
"Scott" wrote
Often, the culprit in these cars is the transmission mount on the drivers side. I assume this is an auto trans? If so, the transmission mount on the drivers side bolts to the body. It often sags, allows the transmission case to hit the left subframe. This may be why it makes noise when you turn right. If you can have a look, you will see a shiny spot on the trans case and the left subframe if they have been contacting each other.
Ian
"Tj" wrote
Always a possibility.
Ian
Just as you said, the trans is almost sitting on the subframe. I want to replace the dogbone type bracket while I am at this, but can't find it.
Thanks Ian!
"Scott" wrote
Hey, no problem...I'll wait until you replace the mount to see if this "actually fixes your problem...but hopefully it will.
Dogbone type bracket...I'm thinking that on this engine it's down low on the passenger side, bolted to the passenger side subframe. Sometimes hard to see with the plastic fender skirts on those cars.
Ian
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