Just bought a 2007 Disco 3 2.7 auto, it's done 199k miles (high I know!) It has however been well looked after by a company.
I'm experiencing a vibration (only sometimes?) on acceleration, it seems worse when under load or going up a hill. When sat at 70MPH you can feel it and as soon as you let off it disappears, I don't seem to notice it around 60MPH. I've read so much online about it possibly being the prop, torque converter or other stuff. I know the front discs are possibly warped due to a vibration when slowing down, but I've never experienced issues on acceleration in any other vehicle with warped discs so I'm ruing that out?
The gears all smoothly change, I get the odd slight jolt when coming to a stop but nothing bad. I've checked the centre prop bearing which looks recently changed in the last few years and in good condition. I did notice the rubber boot just after the centre bearing has split and grease is showing but I don't feel any play in the prop so don't think it's that.
The gearbox fluid was low, approx 1.5-2L less than it should be, I topped it up and it seemed slightly better but I have yet to take it for a proper run. The fluid that came out was also red which I believe is the wrong oil so I could probably benefit from a 'mega flush' which the correct oil and additives?
I also noticed the passenger side driveshaft has slight up and down movement compared to the drivers.
I'm not really sure where to start on this as every direction sounds extremely expensive! If it's the torque converter I am able to do this myself so will cost about £300 for a recon one.
I'd appreciate any input or suggestions!
I'm experiencing a vibration (only sometimes?) on acceleration, it seems worse when under load or going up a hill. When sat at 70MPH you can feel it and as soon as you let off it disappears, I don't seem to notice it around 60MPH. I've read so much online about it possibly being the prop, torque converter or other stuff. I know the front discs are possibly warped due to a vibration when slowing down, but I've never experienced issues on acceleration in any other vehicle with warped discs so I'm ruing that out?
The gears all smoothly change, I get the odd slight jolt when coming to a stop but nothing bad. I've checked the centre prop bearing which looks recently changed in the last few years and in good condition. I did notice the rubber boot just after the centre bearing has split and grease is showing but I don't feel any play in the prop so don't think it's that.
The gearbox fluid was low, approx 1.5-2L less than it should be, I topped it up and it seemed slightly better but I have yet to take it for a proper run. The fluid that came out was also red which I believe is the wrong oil so I could probably benefit from a 'mega flush' which the correct oil and additives?
I also noticed the passenger side driveshaft has slight up and down movement compared to the drivers.
I'm not really sure where to start on this as every direction sounds extremely expensive! If it's the torque converter I am able to do this myself so will cost about £300 for a recon one.
I'd appreciate any input or suggestions!
It's had all new lower and upper arms and airstruts all around, new propshaft 2 years ago (except the boot has split), it's been kept indoors every night and has VERY little rust anywhere been serviced every 3000 miles, uprated oil pump and recent cambelt so they've definitely spent some money on it. I think they just didn't want to spend any more money on a higher mileage car and got a new company vehicle.
