Unknown noise
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GrumpyGel
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Thankyou ...., I’m so scared it’s gojng to just go bang ..... it’s just recently this noise an
Am I safe to drive it ..... got a 100 mike journey home ....also is it an expensive job ... thanks for your advice
GrumpyGel
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There are some things where the forum can give a definitive answer as to whether it is safe or isn't safe to drive a car - I don't think this is one of them.
It is difficult to diagnose a problem from a description of a droning noise that "seems to get so noisy above 50 mph" - what may be noisy to you may be a quiet to others or you may be understating it. If the 100 miles is to get home to a dieing relative, I'd wing it, if its to go to the pub, I'd get some cans in till I'd found out what the problem is.
It could just be tyre noise, diff bearings (F2 up to about 2010 have notoriously poor rear diffs), wheel bearing, brake issue and possibly other reasons.
If it has been making a noise for a while and suddenly got a lot worse, I'd be very cautious of using the vehicle.
Don't know what others think.
If it is the rear diff, I'd be calling Bell Engineering, they're great with F1 transmissions and do replacement F2 diffs. Here's there 'symptoms' page...
http://www.bellengineering.co.uk/fault-symptoms/
Thankyou all for your advice .... I’m on holiday in wales and will drive home to Sheffield where I will get it checked .... unfortunately I dt live near to Bell Engineering .... so will look for someone near to home
It won't go bang as it's a bearing that's faulty, it'll just get louder until you get to the point where you think I shouldn't be driving this anymore. I would get recovery to be honest.
Tharnkyou .... I’m in the RAC and got full cover .... I’ll take your advice
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Sod that just drive it home if it goes bang then call them out. You dont go into A&E becasue you think you might get sick next year
Maybe I’m sexist..... but I wish I had a male .... driver with me ..... I’m just a man with her grandchildren ........ and people probably thinking ..... if you dt know owt about the car .....dt have it !Sod that just drive it home if it goes bang then call them out. You dont go into A&E becasue you think you might get sick next year
GrumpyGel
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So long as it doesn't sound like immediate impending doom, I think I'd be inclined to do the same, recovery from Wales to Sheffield in the middle of school holidays does not sound like fun.Sod that just drive it home if it goes bang then call them out. You dont go into A&E becasue you think you might get sick next year
Think I'd drive it via Worcestershire to get a new diff on the way home! Austen at Bell Engineering will be able to say if its the diff or not.
Thanks ..... you any idea of the cost ?? Are we talking £100 or £500 plus ?
It should say a nan nan with her grandchildren ...
GrumpyGel
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I did wonder. In this day and age the original may have been true.
Of the 3 options, "plus" is the correct answer! Fitted it may cost you as much as £700 depending on how friendly you speak to Austen and whether you can claim the VAT back. I'm sure he won't sell you one if you don't need it though - but you have to have the car there for him to know that. The costs are here...
http://www.bellengineering.co.uk/freelander-2-products/
You may be needing a reconditioned rear differential. As I say, it may be a wheel bearing or something that will cost less.
OMG I need a bank loan then .....
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Owning any Land Rover you will need deep pockets to keep them maintained even if you do all the work yourself.
I’m going to ring the local LR garage in Llandudno .... near where I’m staying on holiday....... here goes ......
I’ve just conked out with shock !!!!!!! .....
Looking at £1,000 ......... so going to get it home to Sheffield ...... then start saving
Madmustang
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Yep when you get home take it somewhere that can find out what the actual problem is before you go spending a fortune on it.
