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nwotm
02-18-2003, 11:34 AM
Hey everyone,</P>


This morning on my way to work I noticed that when my 98' Audi2.8Q reached speeds of about 40mphit started to vibrate, and got worse the faster I went. Now I live in Philly, and we have almost 2 feet of snow on the ground. This isn't the first time my car has done this, the last heavy snow fall it did the same thing. The roadswere clear when I noticed this vibrating. I think it may be snow under the chassis creating this problem. What's strange is I never had this problem before with the other cars I've owned. Does this happen to anyone else or does anyone know why??????<img border="0" src= smileys/smiley5.gif></P>

Firestarter1984
02-18-2003, 06:59 PM
LOL</P>


i have had the exact same problem 2 days ago.</P>


check for snow inside of your rims and behind spokes.</P>


btw i live right outside NE Philly (Bucks Co)</P>

excursion
02-22-2003, 08:56 AM
If snowclumps onto any of your drivetrain it will cause the vibration mate.</P>


Just like you have to have new rims balanced by adding weights in exactly the correct place, the snow accumulates randomly causes an imbalance <img border="0" src= smileys/smiley1.gif></P>


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heartbreaker
03-02-2003, 12:39 AM
good call excursion

StellarA4
03-05-2003, 06:08 AM
i have 1.8T quattro...same thing happend to my car as soon as it snowed, of course i took it into the feild and drifted with her..but 2 days later the vibration thing happend...turned out i knocked the wieghts off my 2 front tires...

Grengostarr
03-06-2003, 04:16 PM
go on the thruway and go reel fast...it breaks loose and it becomes all better again...this has happened to me i cant count how many times....