Hi all,
Its like trace the new fault with my stag at the moment. Fixed the ignition, then the blocked rad now I have a new problem.
Drove for 2 hours on the motorway yesterday with no problems (including sitting in traffic for half an hour in the heat with no overheating - yey!) then 1 mile from home while slowing down a hill I felt something clunk. Then when I accelerated there was a funny noise. At first it sounded like an exhaust gasket blowing but it soon became a lot louder. Its only on acceleration or on overrun when I let off the power. Also there is a juddering at low speed and while turning.
Drove it straight into the garage and put it on stands. Had a play and couldn't see anything obvious. There does seem to be very slight play in the passenger side halfshaft but only half a mm or so, I couldn't think this would cause the problem. I can turn the propshaft about a 1/6 turn before the rear wheels start turning though, and about the same on the wheels (i.e. I can turn a wheel about a 1/6 turn before the propshaft moves).
Does this sound like my diff has given up? Is there anything else I should check before I pull it out. It was leaking oil which I topped up last week after clearing the breather, when I got underneath again last night there was a lot of oilunder the diff.
Cheers
Its like trace the new fault with my stag at the moment. Fixed the ignition, then the blocked rad now I have a new problem.
Drove for 2 hours on the motorway yesterday with no problems (including sitting in traffic for half an hour in the heat with no overheating - yey!) then 1 mile from home while slowing down a hill I felt something clunk. Then when I accelerated there was a funny noise. At first it sounded like an exhaust gasket blowing but it soon became a lot louder. Its only on acceleration or on overrun when I let off the power. Also there is a juddering at low speed and while turning.
Drove it straight into the garage and put it on stands. Had a play and couldn't see anything obvious. There does seem to be very slight play in the passenger side halfshaft but only half a mm or so, I couldn't think this would cause the problem. I can turn the propshaft about a 1/6 turn before the rear wheels start turning though, and about the same on the wheels (i.e. I can turn a wheel about a 1/6 turn before the propshaft moves).
Does this sound like my diff has given up? Is there anything else I should check before I pull it out. It was leaking oil which I topped up last week after clearing the breather, when I got underneath again last night there was a lot of oilunder the diff.
Cheers
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