[Peugeot-L] Re: '91 SW8 + Drive Train Noises

From: churchandchurch <churchandchurch_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 09/28/05

  • In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, billbranch1@a... wrote:
    > Hello,
    > If you have the SW8, well, as we live and breathe, we all have our
    private
    > Hells with the drivetrain. Tonight I finally gave the AFM a douche
    and, when
    > taking the test spin, heard again, on putting the car into drive
    from reverse,
    > not a clunk, but more like a snap.
    > I've been having rumbling, vibrations, strange noises, ad
    infinitum. The
    > gang at the SBF Car place said they drove it thirty miles, and at
    speeds ranging
    > to (gasp) ninety, and the car sounds normal "for a Peugeot wagon
    that age."
    > I asked if they sound that way new, and, then, why not replace the
    parts that
    > make it sound like this.
    > It sounds almost as if the engine is lugging when accelerating
    slowly and I
    > get torque converter lockup. Vibration, noise. Up to seventy-five
    that noise
    > recurs, although it lessens with speed. Then there's a hum, almost
    like a
    > wheel bearing. If I back off quickly while driving seventy-five,
    I get strange
    > noises, much like road noise from tires on rough pavement. If I'm
    driving
    > sixty, and the car has been noisy, I can shift into neutral, and,
    coasting,
    > experience much the same noise and vibration as if the engine is
    powering the car.
    > The u-joint was replaced thirty-five thousand ago along with, I
    must assume,
    > the tranny mounts. Unless someone can give me a different
    direction, those
    > are the components which are going to be replaced. I changed the
    differential
    > oil two months ago, there was no change in the noise or in the
    frequency of
    > the noise, and there were no metal chunks or filings in the
    drained oil or on
    > the plug.
    > Thank you for any input on this one.
    > Bill
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
    Bill- That happened on my SW8, it was transmission mount "dog bones"- the rubber bushings in the dogbones rotted away so you get metel to metal vibration. Got new ones from Brian Holm. I had a garage replace them for me as they had a lift and I didn't. Norb

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