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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: Discohugh on May 17, 2007, 10:20:23

Title: Jumpy Disco
Post by: Discohugh on May 17, 2007, 10:20:23

Hi folks, this might be me being overly paranoid but ....when i change gear in my 300 tdi manual it sometimes after engaging the gear as you drive it sort of bounces not judders or slips just feels like bouncing movement until it reaches a speed. No problem when driving just after gearchange. is this the clutch on its way out or a suspension/bush prob?  :?

Title: Jumpy Disco
Post by: Skibum346 on May 17, 2007, 12:43:44

Could be your shockers are worn and the back and forth motion induced by backing off the power and putting it on again is causing you to wallow on the bouncy bits.. springs!

Skibum

Title: Jumpy Disco
Post by: Discohugh on May 17, 2007, 23:36:10

Yeah it sort of kangaroos a bit like an inexperienced driver, though not as bad. Also today i noticed that when clutch is pushed down i can hear a hissing sound from under the bonnet????  :?

Title: Jumpy Disco
Post by: landroverkeith on May 18, 2007, 07:07:05

mine made a crunchy hissy kinda noise with the pedal depress that was when the thrust bearing was dying..... mind u i did drown it at whaddon so i couldnt complain too much or linda would only remind me it was my own fault lol

Title: Jumpy Disco
Post by: Skibum346 on May 18, 2007, 07:44:27

Quote from: "Discohugh"

Yeah it sort of kangaroos a bit like an inexperienced driver, though not as bad. Also today i noticed that when clutch is pushed down i can hear a hissing sound from under the bonnet????  :?

Hissing from under the bonnet...?

How is your clutch fluid level...?

Get someone to depress the clutch while you stick yer head under the bonnet.

It might be seals in the master cylinder.

Skibum

Title: Jumpy Disco
Post by: Discohugh on May 18, 2007, 09:37:28

Checked levels today all seems ok, saw no obvious signs of leak etc.Although the fluid looked quite dirty to me.

Title: Jumpy Disco
Post by: extreme90 on May 18, 2007, 21:22:08

i just thought abit of kangaroo'ing was normal for 300tdi due to the rubber coupling on rear axle  :?
every 300 ive been in including my own does it

dan

Title: Jumpy Disco
Post by: Discohugh on May 18, 2007, 21:23:51

sounds interesting....what coupling?

Title: Jumpy Disco
Post by: extreme90 on May 18, 2007, 21:43:17

if its a 300tdi discovery as in your sig, scraw under and attatched to the diff at the rear, between the prop and diff theres a rubber coupling, to cushion gearchanges, but it was a crud idea and just makes them jerk if not careful when gearchanges, also if crawling in 1st gear then you take off or back off the throttle then hit it again, it kangaroo's like mad
every 300 disco that ive drove or been a passenger in does it, mine has got new suspention and bushes all round so theres nowt rong with that....so it eliminated suspention, btw mine box standard aswel
dan

Title: Jumpy Disco
Post by: Discohugh on May 18, 2007, 23:33:46

nice one, iwill look tommorrow.