these are probably silly newb explanations or just shut up and deal with the car's quirks, but oh what the hell. I have no mechanic skills, at all.
1] there is an intermittent ring coming from what I believe is the engine compartment from the drivers side area when the car is under load between 3k to 4k rpm. it is usually a faint ring but can get quite loud.
2] I also noticed that on a cold start when it reaches idle it likes to stumble somewhat, almost wanting to stall, but not quite. if I tap the accel pedal to blip the rpm's when they reach idle the car will stumble again, slightly.
3] one last thing, when I open the hood of the engine and rev the motor while standing I can hear a loud knock from the engine itself, almost as if pistons are hitting something. I do not hear this knock while driving the car, though.
points 2 and 3 might be normal because the engine only has 19k miles on it so maybe it is breaking in. but point 1 I know cannot be normal because it is extremely irritating.
I know I should just take it into the dealer to have these checked on but I am afraid I might be wasting their time or they wont be able to find anything because maybe the problem(s) have not gotten worse enough.
edit; 2012 tdi sportwagen manual trans, stock.
1] there is an intermittent ring coming from what I believe is the engine compartment from the drivers side area when the car is under load between 3k to 4k rpm. it is usually a faint ring but can get quite loud.
2] I also noticed that on a cold start when it reaches idle it likes to stumble somewhat, almost wanting to stall, but not quite. if I tap the accel pedal to blip the rpm's when they reach idle the car will stumble again, slightly.
3] one last thing, when I open the hood of the engine and rev the motor while standing I can hear a loud knock from the engine itself, almost as if pistons are hitting something. I do not hear this knock while driving the car, though.
points 2 and 3 might be normal because the engine only has 19k miles on it so maybe it is breaking in. but point 1 I know cannot be normal because it is extremely irritating.
I know I should just take it into the dealer to have these checked on but I am afraid I might be wasting their time or they wont be able to find anything because maybe the problem(s) have not gotten worse enough.
edit; 2012 tdi sportwagen manual trans, stock.
) you would then have it on record that something is wrong. This provides a history in case it gets catastrophic 100 miles past the warranty.