can someone go out to their TD Xant, Pug, ZX etc (1.9)
lift bonnet, grab intercooler,
and try to 'rock' the engine...
see my post about dangerous ZX.. I can rock my friends about 10-15mm and wonder if anyone else can do likewise.. I am trying to prove Gearbox mounting is bad (have changed lower center mount already)
it will only take a second
John G
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So you think you can get about ½ the world's population out there and rock their engines
John -
There is NOT supposed to be that movement of course - thats logic 8)
The engine should feels firmly attached to the engine bay with a wee slight hard rubber "feeling". I.e. you CAN actually rock it a tiny bit if you are violent.
You have an engine rubber mount replacement job ahead. A common and cheap job on any elderly car.
John -
There is NOT supposed to be that movement of course - thats logic 8)
The engine should feels firmly attached to the engine bay with a wee slight hard rubber "feeling". I.e. you CAN actually rock it a tiny bit if you are violent.
You have an engine rubber mount replacement job ahead. A common and cheap job on any elderly car.
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Well I cannot on my Xant TD as it has its intercooler mounted in front of the radiator..
But yes, I know what you mean and NO, there is no way the engine should move that much. Something is very bad if it will move around that much..
A duff gearbox mount, I would have thought, would only allow the gearbox side of the engine to move around.
Is the locating bracket for the lower mounting intact to the chassis?
But yes, I know what you mean and NO, there is no way the engine should move that much. Something is very bad if it will move around that much..
A duff gearbox mount, I would have thought, would only allow the gearbox side of the engine to move around.
Is the locating bracket for the lower mounting intact to the chassis?
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are both the lower stabaliser bolts tight,as the engine hangs from the two top mount its unlikly your problem is there,and the drive shaft will be anbsalutlynotting to do with it,also i have seen a BX with the lower mont bolt holes very oval so even though the bolts where tight it still alowed lot of movement
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it is silly to dismiss the driveshaft as having nothingto do with this problem.
it doesnt seem logical that a joint, however worn like a tri - ax joint should produce this side to side motion but they do. I dont know why a worn tri - ax does this but they most definatly do.
i had the same problem on my car and spent the best part 8 moths changing mounts and suspension bits etc to find it was a worn tri - ax joint on the short drive shaft.
the fact that the grease has leaked out of yours points even more heavily at it being this....
it doesnt seem logical that a joint, however worn like a tri - ax joint should produce this side to side motion but they do. I dont know why a worn tri - ax does this but they most definatly do.
i had the same problem on my car and spent the best part 8 moths changing mounts and suspension bits etc to find it was a worn tri - ax joint on the short drive shaft.
the fact that the grease has leaked out of yours points even more heavily at it being this....
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one daft idea i had was to drive up a hill without a bonnet
maybe i can see the engine rocking,...
can always play some metallica as well and see if that makes it rock...?
ok.. all replies so far gratefully received
the fact that the gearstick moves as the wobble occurs means the gearbox is moving, despite whatever is causing it... so the mounting can;t be all that good anyway..
maybe i can see the engine rocking,...
can always play some metallica as well and see if that makes it rock...?
ok.. all replies so far gratefully received
the fact that the gearstick moves as the wobble occurs means the gearbox is moving, despite whatever is causing it... so the mounting can;t be all that good anyway..