Hi All.
2020 and it has turned to rat sh*t already
My wife being super at diagnostics reported a 'bit of a vibration' a few days ago. Always the mistress of the understatement.....
I suspected at first from her description it might be the rear half shaft bearing which was replaced a few years back after leaking and has always moaned a bit since.
Then she said she drove into the city and it got quite a bit worse, and then when she drove back she thought the car was going to break down as it was so bad.
I suspected then that maybe it was the rear silencer mounting that had broken again which always gives a nice vibration.
She got home and I took a look and sure enough the mount was gone.
Dive in to the garage for the trusty spare and slap it on. Joy.
Then I fired it up. Good lord. I am lucky I still have all my fillings!
Thing is shaking like a good un.
No signs of smoke (the normal puff when starting as I need to replace a couple of heaters), seems to run and pull OK. Just vibrates like a beast when stationary, and as a result is not pleasant to drive.
The engine doesn't seem to try and rotate laterally when revved whilst stationary so I don't think it is the engine mounts. But the vibrations do increase with engine speed as it is revved. Oddly it feels a bit more pronounced when driving and turning left or right. No idea why that occurs.
The vibration almost feels like it is only on 3 cylinders, or what you might expect if you lost a balance weight on a crankshaft...? Or say a a chunk off the edge of the flywheel.
No other strange sounds heard at all. All normal except for the vibrations.
The fuel pump has had a small leak for ages but hasn't seemed to affect the running to date.
Any suggestions?
B,. Rgds
John
2020 and it has turned to rat sh*t already
My wife being super at diagnostics reported a 'bit of a vibration' a few days ago. Always the mistress of the understatement.....
I suspected at first from her description it might be the rear half shaft bearing which was replaced a few years back after leaking and has always moaned a bit since.
Then she said she drove into the city and it got quite a bit worse, and then when she drove back she thought the car was going to break down as it was so bad.
I suspected then that maybe it was the rear silencer mounting that had broken again which always gives a nice vibration.
She got home and I took a look and sure enough the mount was gone.
Dive in to the garage for the trusty spare and slap it on. Joy.
Then I fired it up. Good lord. I am lucky I still have all my fillings!
Thing is shaking like a good un.
No signs of smoke (the normal puff when starting as I need to replace a couple of heaters), seems to run and pull OK. Just vibrates like a beast when stationary, and as a result is not pleasant to drive.
The engine doesn't seem to try and rotate laterally when revved whilst stationary so I don't think it is the engine mounts. But the vibrations do increase with engine speed as it is revved. Oddly it feels a bit more pronounced when driving and turning left or right. No idea why that occurs.
The vibration almost feels like it is only on 3 cylinders, or what you might expect if you lost a balance weight on a crankshaft...? Or say a a chunk off the edge of the flywheel.
No other strange sounds heard at all. All normal except for the vibrations.
The fuel pump has had a small leak for ages but hasn't seemed to affect the running to date.
Any suggestions?
B,. Rgds
John
