Hi guys,
Hoping someone can help, im in the 9th year of ownership of my petrol 2.0 cl7, currently approaching 120k miles.
The other night driving home the car started to tremble/judder violently through the steering as i hit 60mph. This would stop as soon as id take my foot off the the gas.
It was late at night so i pulled over, checked the lug nuts which were all tight and decided to take it to my mechanic in the morning.
He had a look and noticed a tiny bulge on the inside wall of the O/S/F tyre and said he reckons that wont be causing the issue and most likely it will be wheel balancing thats needed. He wasnt able to do this and suggested a local tyre shop. The tyre shop obviously seen the bulge and said new tyre needed, its gonna blow! So, i got a new tyre and both front wheels balanced. Sadly, the issue remained and ive dropped it off at my mechanic this morning with some notes i made as ive spent the whole of yesterday thinking about this.
While driving just over a year ago (7,000 miles ago) the driveshaft snapped and car got towed to my mechanic. He replaced both front driveshafts as the one intact was also looking like it could snap. I remember my mechanic telling me the gear box oil needed topping up slightly due to some loss of oil during the change.
When i got the car back, i noticed a slight vibration, very subtle, between 25-30mph. My mrs couldnt notice it and the mechanic also couldnt pick it up when I took it back for inspection. Ive just lived with it and got used to it now but my gut feeling is whatever the issue is today, once fixed it will also fix that subtle vibration.
Ive also noticed that the gear change has been slightly different in the past week. Its hard to describe this, its not a crunch but just a different type of feeling when changing the gears and only sometimes. Just different from the usual smoothness. Ive just put it down to car being cold and ignored it, didnt seem to serious to cause me concern and im usually onto any slight knocks when they happen.
When ive dropped the car off this morning the mechanic has said it could be the differential after i explained the above?
Im not sure what that is but it sounds like it could be expensive.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Parts and labour that may be involved here?
Anything else it could possibly be?
Im not sure if its worth spending lots on the car or if its time to change it now. The dreaded wheel arch rust is setting in and i need to sort that as well.
Apart from that car is great, always gets what it needs and is looked after just as its looked after me over the years.
Thanks
Hoping someone can help, im in the 9th year of ownership of my petrol 2.0 cl7, currently approaching 120k miles.
The other night driving home the car started to tremble/judder violently through the steering as i hit 60mph. This would stop as soon as id take my foot off the the gas.
It was late at night so i pulled over, checked the lug nuts which were all tight and decided to take it to my mechanic in the morning.
He had a look and noticed a tiny bulge on the inside wall of the O/S/F tyre and said he reckons that wont be causing the issue and most likely it will be wheel balancing thats needed. He wasnt able to do this and suggested a local tyre shop. The tyre shop obviously seen the bulge and said new tyre needed, its gonna blow! So, i got a new tyre and both front wheels balanced. Sadly, the issue remained and ive dropped it off at my mechanic this morning with some notes i made as ive spent the whole of yesterday thinking about this.
While driving just over a year ago (7,000 miles ago) the driveshaft snapped and car got towed to my mechanic. He replaced both front driveshafts as the one intact was also looking like it could snap. I remember my mechanic telling me the gear box oil needed topping up slightly due to some loss of oil during the change.
When i got the car back, i noticed a slight vibration, very subtle, between 25-30mph. My mrs couldnt notice it and the mechanic also couldnt pick it up when I took it back for inspection. Ive just lived with it and got used to it now but my gut feeling is whatever the issue is today, once fixed it will also fix that subtle vibration.
Ive also noticed that the gear change has been slightly different in the past week. Its hard to describe this, its not a crunch but just a different type of feeling when changing the gears and only sometimes. Just different from the usual smoothness. Ive just put it down to car being cold and ignored it, didnt seem to serious to cause me concern and im usually onto any slight knocks when they happen.
When ive dropped the car off this morning the mechanic has said it could be the differential after i explained the above?
Im not sure what that is but it sounds like it could be expensive.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Parts and labour that may be involved here?
Anything else it could possibly be?
Im not sure if its worth spending lots on the car or if its time to change it now. The dreaded wheel arch rust is setting in and i need to sort that as well.
Apart from that car is great, always gets what it needs and is looked after just as its looked after me over the years.
Thanks