i have to questions about wat my car is doing

lately i have been noticing a raddling noise (sounds like the tranny) only when im idleing in nuetral but when i put my clutch in it goes away...

and
when im driving every once and a while it will beep and flash an ABS and BRAKE light on the dash and its been doing it a lot lately.
i checked the brake fluid and it doesnt look low but it might need a little, it doesnt look low enough to be beeping at me though


any answers???

i hope its nothing to major considering im broke..

THANKS!!

 

does it rattle in any gear while in idle? like if you are at a stop, and put it in 5th gear say and hold down the clutch, does it still rattle the same? or is it just in first gear? or only in nutral?

 

its only in neutral, if i put the clutch in it goes away and comes back as soon as i let it out

 

could just be some clutch chatter

 

hopefully, its kinda loud though.

 

the first audi that i fixed up had a similar problem, but it was deff the tranny... it would rattle all the way through first gear and then go awya the moment you shift to second... so if you are not getting any rattle while driving i'd say you are fine, i'd still try to get it on a lift and see if you can find anythign obvious... i know when when i worked at a mustang shop those things always came in with blown pilot bearings but i dont' know how audi set up their stuff, still kinda new to them

 

yeah im new to it too, i was thinking pilot bearing too just from past experience with stick shift vehicles ive owned. but im not too educated on the audi yet

thanks for the help so far!