help or advise please!

[FREAKLEY]

Hi,

I brought a 1994 discovery 2.5tdi es about a month ago.

It went back for some repairs because there was a loud vibration, mainly in the high gears or at a higher speed.  It gradually got worse and was happening in all gears, and it was very loud!!

We thought that it was something to do with the prop, but we were told that it was the prop mounting, and that it had been replaced.

The gears are a bit clunky also, when you change gear and take your foot off  the clutch it chonks, maybe its because I am not used to drinving it yet and I am trying to change gear too fast?

This weekend we went for a drive and noticed that it still makes a loud vibrating when you go over 50pmh, when you take your foot off the accelarator it goes away. as we were driving home everytime we turned a corner it made a chonking noise from the front end, both sides did this when we went around a corner, this was after acouple of hours drive.  As we apporached home we did a u turn and put it on full lock, a loud clanging noise came out and then an even louder chonk!!! and it would not drive then?

The garage have picked it up and have just told me that it is the CV joint, is this correct?

Any other ideas to our problems regarding the vibrating?

We are moving to Greece in January and need a reliable car.  Can anyone give us some advise a we are first time discovery owners?  Please!!!!!

 :lol: [/b]

[Digsit]

Hi

Are you the chap that I gave the flyer to at the caravan storage place nr Desford? :D

I have only experienced high speed vibration through the gearbox once. Turned out that one of the front propshaft U/J had mashed its bearings. Got it fixed (about £15.00 and a little help from a freind). Been fine since.

[orlando]

I'd say Prop UJ's as well.. could whip em out replace the UJs and get the whole prop balanced at the same time..

[MUSKIE]

i have had the same problem on the front of my range rover, i have ordered 2 new cv joints as they are both origionals and now some 14 years old. i am hoping this cures the problem anyway, luckily i am replacing them before the big "clonk"  :shock: you describe.

[Range Rover Blues]

Unfortunatley it's hard to track down a noise from the front end as the vibration carries up the transmission, it sounds like the gearbox simply because that's how the noise is transmitted.
However, if the noise gets worse during cornering as you describe then it's either the diff itself (not the final drive) or the cv joints.  Yours sounds like the later.
If all the grease or oil stays in the swivel then they should last well over 100,000 miles of normal use, it's when they leak the oil out or get a dunking and the oil is washed out that problems arise.

[Big Rich]

I had a knock form the front end and it turned out to be the front propshaft U/J. Not too hard to fix. More anoying. :roll:

[FREAKLEY]

Hi

Thanks everyone for their advise, it turned out to be one of the front cv joints, it was a real mess, the garage let me have a look at it!!!!!!!

This has cured the problem with going round corners and the gears seem to be better as well, so  we are on our way to resolving the vibrating.

It still vibrates/makes a noise when you drive over 55mph.  

When you take your foot off the accelerator it stops.  Am I just being paranoid?  

Could it be the tyres?(the garage put new tyres on but they are cheap ones? should i relace with originals?) or is it just the grunt off the engine?

All in all its a good motor.

Oh by the way, I was not the guy that you gave the leaflet to Dignit, as I am a woman!!!!!!!!  sorry!!!!!!!

Oh I was also told that the underneath was in good nick but had been well used, and was given advise the grease it unp underneath, whats the best thing to use?

[Digsit]

Hi again Freakley

It was just that I met a chap at our caravan storage site that said he had bought a Discovery and was moving to Greece. Small world :-k

[Sooty]

Hi FREAKLEY
The vibration could be the tyres if they are not balanced, if you have another set of tyres then put them on, if you don't have another set then where in Leicestershire are you as I have plenty of sets if you want to try some standard road tyres to see if it cures the vibration.
As for the clunking when turning it would have been the CV's you could have driven a short distance home if you had locked the diff but as long as the garage has done it that is fine.
Just remember a Land Rover is not a car and does not drive like one, you will get used to it I am sure and never look back.

[Range Rover Blues]

Just remember a Land Rover is not a car and does not drive like one, you will get used to it I am sure and never look back.

Amen to that, it took me about 6000 miles to get 'the hang' of it and I've always been able to get into anything and just drive.  Now I find the Rangie quite relaxing, decent stereo helps!

[MUSKIE]

Just remember a Land Rover is not a car and does not drive like one, you will get used to it I am sure and never look back.

Amen to that, it took me about 6000 miles to get 'the hang' of it and I've always been able to get into anything and just drive.  Now I find the Rangie quite relaxing, decent stereo helps!

descent stereo, yep!! :D and if you put a bass speaker in, that cures any vibration issues