marksurry
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SimonG said:Thanks for the advice.
Another thing on my list of to-do's ..... wife just complained the the exhaust is now blowing..... dont you just love cars
Well tell the wife to get under the car and fix the dam thing
These women love to dominate and bark orders. God bless them all
mondo
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SimonG said:I guess they're all watching footie
Doesn't sound good though - I'll give the garage a call tomorrow and get them to check it out.
I really hope we've not bought a lemon - I'd assumed that such a low mileage and well maintained one would be ok.
Sorry Si!
I had vague recollections about your VCU problems (wasa bit drunk)
But it took me ages to find it agen, I was searching for "VCU" thought i was immagining things when i couldnt find it
How did you get on a the garage, any news?
Hi Guys
Just called the garage to get an update ....
"Can't find anything wrong with the car Sir"
They checked the VCU and said it was fine - The mechanic explained that in order for the rear wheel's to turn, BOTH rear wheels must be raised. This sort of makes sense really, as my understanding of rear diff's is that when you turn one rear wheel the other wheel would rotate in the opposite direction (I think !?). If this is correct, having one of the wheels on the ground would prevent the other turning. They put the car on a lift and confirmed that all wheels turned fine !
The dragging feeling when reversing on lock was described as normal for a Freelander.
Ref the clunk going from 1st to 2nd gear, they guy said he was unable to find anything wrong and although he admitted there was a slight clunk, said that this was nothing more than he'd expect on a 4x4.
Hopefully nothing to worry about then ...... I hope !!
Just called the garage to get an update ....
"Can't find anything wrong with the car Sir"
They checked the VCU and said it was fine - The mechanic explained that in order for the rear wheel's to turn, BOTH rear wheels must be raised. This sort of makes sense really, as my understanding of rear diff's is that when you turn one rear wheel the other wheel would rotate in the opposite direction (I think !?). If this is correct, having one of the wheels on the ground would prevent the other turning. They put the car on a lift and confirmed that all wheels turned fine !
The dragging feeling when reversing on lock was described as normal for a Freelander.
Ref the clunk going from 1st to 2nd gear, they guy said he was unable to find anything wrong and although he admitted there was a slight clunk, said that this was nothing more than he'd expect on a 4x4.
Hopefully nothing to worry about then ...... I hope !!
It's possible that I'm being fobbed off, however, I've always been over critical of every car I've owned and always seem to find niggly faulty. My wife certainly doesn't see any issues with the car and doesn't think there's anything wrong.
I'll monitor it over the next couple of weeks - I drove the car about 30 miles today and it didn't clunk once.
I'll monitor it over the next couple of weeks - I drove the car about 30 miles today and it didn't clunk once.
SimonG said:Hi Guys
Just called the garage to get an update ....
"Can't find anything wrong with the car Sir"
They checked the VCU and said it was fine - The mechanic explained that in order for the rear wheel's to turn, BOTH rear wheels must be raised. This sort of makes sense really, as my understanding of rear diff's is that when you turn one rear wheel the other wheel would rotate in the opposite direction (I think !?). If this is correct, having one of the wheels on the ground would prevent the other turning. They put the car on a lift and confirmed that all wheels turned fine !
The dragging feeling when reversing on lock was described as normal for a Freelander.
Ref the clunk going from 1st to 2nd gear, they guy said he was unable to find anything wrong and although he admitted there was a slight clunk, said that this was nothing more than he'd expect on a 4x4.
Hopefully nothing to worry about then ...... I hope !!
re: clunk going from 1st to 2nd - most probably rear diff - tiny correctly diagnosed a similar problem on my Freelander recently - mechanic inspected and confirmed it was the rear diff mount which had collapsed - luckily only £30/£40 part + mechanics time to fix...
