Hi All,
New RR 4.4 v8 owner. Bought my Vogue with supercharged facelift in October 08. Had gas conversion with a few minor problems but all sorted now except it always switches back to petrol when overtaking/kickdown. Thats another issue but gas people have tinkered with it and no better, any thoughts? Couple of things with the car at the moment, i noticed the gearchanges were not as smooth as they were and i'd lost a bit of oil. local garage noticed breather pipes cracked at back of engine and replaced. This didn't rectify the juddery gear change but also around this time i noticed a droning type of noise at about 1500/2000rpm 30-40mph mainly in higher gears when kinda feathering the throttle. It progressivly got worse and took in into local LANDY dealer who were convinced it was the diff as it hadn't had the recall. Picked it up yesterday in anticipation of driving a smooth noise free rangie again and as soon as i drove it out there it was. Took it back and one of the chaps took it out with me. They haven't got a clue what it is and suggested i drive it for a couple of weeks to see if it goes away. I know it won't do that. He thought it might be 2 seperaqte problems to do with the torque converter and/or gearbox. The noise usually comes in around 1500/2000rpm in higher gears not noticable in lower gears so much. The judder at slow speed from 1 to 2 is very noticable, but generally the gear changes are not very smooth. Under demand the car seems to drive ok. Anyone had a similar proble? Any ideas? Help to identify problem would be appreciated as so far Landrover haven't a clue.
Thanks
Neil
New RR 4.4 v8 owner. Bought my Vogue with supercharged facelift in October 08. Had gas conversion with a few minor problems but all sorted now except it always switches back to petrol when overtaking/kickdown. Thats another issue but gas people have tinkered with it and no better, any thoughts? Couple of things with the car at the moment, i noticed the gearchanges were not as smooth as they were and i'd lost a bit of oil. local garage noticed breather pipes cracked at back of engine and replaced. This didn't rectify the juddery gear change but also around this time i noticed a droning type of noise at about 1500/2000rpm 30-40mph mainly in higher gears when kinda feathering the throttle. It progressivly got worse and took in into local LANDY dealer who were convinced it was the diff as it hadn't had the recall. Picked it up yesterday in anticipation of driving a smooth noise free rangie again and as soon as i drove it out there it was. Took it back and one of the chaps took it out with me. They haven't got a clue what it is and suggested i drive it for a couple of weeks to see if it goes away. I know it won't do that. He thought it might be 2 seperaqte problems to do with the torque converter and/or gearbox. The noise usually comes in around 1500/2000rpm in higher gears not noticable in lower gears so much. The judder at slow speed from 1 to 2 is very noticable, but generally the gear changes are not very smooth. Under demand the car seems to drive ok. Anyone had a similar proble? Any ideas? Help to identify problem would be appreciated as so far Landrover haven't a clue.
Thanks
Neil