Hi All Freelander Fanatics, welcome to my first thread.
I own a 51 TD4, 145k, and have had it about 12 months. I first noticed a whine after about 3 months and checked out the forum here for some answers. A bit concerned about the VCU, I dropped it out along with the props. No difference, which was sort of encouraging. It sounded very 'wheel bearing-ish', but I have checked all, and there are no wobbles, and no roughness in spinning, no grinding etc. I also thought it might be the tyres, but having recently renewed the fronts and then swapped them to the rears...again, no difference. In fact the noise was becoming louder. I then noticed I had an oil leak somewhere and after searching the forums again, was concerned it was my IRD drive shaft seals. Worried that I may be running a dry IRD, and that it might be the source of my noise I jacked up the front and (after 4 days soaked in WD40) took out the filler plug to the IRD (18 inch breaker bar, and Halfords Pro, 6 sided 19mm socket). Oil dripped out straight away, hence not losing much. I then took out the drain plug, and drained the oil. The plug was all sludged up, and after cleaning off, the metallic particles seen are fairly large, about 6-7mm long, 2-3 mm wide and 0.5 mm thick. There are about 4 of these larger particles and a few smaller ones. I will try and put the pics on. Now, I used to fix Sea King helicopters and particles like this would have grounded the bird, but in a 10 year old Landy gearbox? Is this what I am to expect, or is my IRD knackered/on its way out?
I refilled the IRD with Halfords 75W90, and took it for a spin. No difference. The noise, by now also a vibration felt through the accelerator, really comes in at 40-55 mph, and still sounds like a wheel bearing, is louder turning left and quieter turning right, no difference if the car in gear or out of gear, clutch depressed ( like I am getting!) or out
If the IRD is on its way out, I am going to chop it in for a diesel estate! But I don't want to do this if this is typical of a 10 year IRD and its my wheel bearing that is the problem.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Paul
I own a 51 TD4, 145k, and have had it about 12 months. I first noticed a whine after about 3 months and checked out the forum here for some answers. A bit concerned about the VCU, I dropped it out along with the props. No difference, which was sort of encouraging. It sounded very 'wheel bearing-ish', but I have checked all, and there are no wobbles, and no roughness in spinning, no grinding etc. I also thought it might be the tyres, but having recently renewed the fronts and then swapped them to the rears...again, no difference. In fact the noise was becoming louder. I then noticed I had an oil leak somewhere and after searching the forums again, was concerned it was my IRD drive shaft seals. Worried that I may be running a dry IRD, and that it might be the source of my noise I jacked up the front and (after 4 days soaked in WD40) took out the filler plug to the IRD (18 inch breaker bar, and Halfords Pro, 6 sided 19mm socket). Oil dripped out straight away, hence not losing much. I then took out the drain plug, and drained the oil. The plug was all sludged up, and after cleaning off, the metallic particles seen are fairly large, about 6-7mm long, 2-3 mm wide and 0.5 mm thick. There are about 4 of these larger particles and a few smaller ones. I will try and put the pics on. Now, I used to fix Sea King helicopters and particles like this would have grounded the bird, but in a 10 year old Landy gearbox? Is this what I am to expect, or is my IRD knackered/on its way out?
I refilled the IRD with Halfords 75W90, and took it for a spin. No difference. The noise, by now also a vibration felt through the accelerator, really comes in at 40-55 mph, and still sounds like a wheel bearing, is louder turning left and quieter turning right, no difference if the car in gear or out of gear, clutch depressed ( like I am getting!) or out
If the IRD is on its way out, I am going to chop it in for a diesel estate! But I don't want to do this if this is typical of a 10 year IRD and its my wheel bearing that is the problem.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Paul