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10-02-2011, 03:48 AM | #1 |
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Grinding sound from engine
This is the 1st time it happened. Did about 18 miles of highway driving (no problem) and then about 1 1/2 miles of city driving... Stopped at a light for 30 seconds as well. After the light I drove about another 1/2 mile and stopped to make a left. I'm an auto and downshifted while the car was rolling at ~5 MPH. As soon as I gave it gas to make the turn I got a grinding noise (sounds like video below) like a wheel was SLIGHTLY rubbing. My car felt like it lost about 1/2 power and the sound coming from the exhaust was VERY deep. I didn't push the car past ~2,500 RPMS. At that point I was about 1/2 mile away from my house and when pulling directly into the garage in park my RPMs were around 500 and struggling to keep the car idle.
I started it up a few hours later and drove a mile to get gas, no problems but I didn't try shifting. I only had about 5 miles of gas left in the tank when this happened, I don't know if that could of caused it (highly doubt it). I'm still under warranty but don't know if I can duplicate the problem. I want to know some opinions on what it could be. The video below is from an e46 but as I said above, it was almost identical to the sound earlier. Car specs: 08' 328xi 26,700 miles Auto 91 octane (using same gas station for 3 months) Still under warranty 95° out at the time Air condition wasn't on for the whole ride |
10-02-2011, 09:18 PM | #2 |
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10-06-2011, 02:41 AM | #4 |
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Haven't been able to duplicate it yet... . I'm just going to bring it in I guess so they can say nothing is wrong.
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