Over the years I've seen a lot of shonky repairs and bodge jobs but every so often I see something new.
So today we've had a Mondeo in for new clutch and dual mass flywheel. Customer called last week and it was just starting to make a noise.
They've not had car long having bought at auction.
Yesterday it arrived and was horrendously noisey, clutch not quite clearing and had to be started in gear. It just made it onto the ramp.
So after stripping, off comes the gearbox... And the pretty battered clutch actually doesn't look that old but the edge of the bell housing is
full of oily crap and so is the gap between flywheel and engine. We're thinking crank oil seal and clutch debris at this point. Clutch off and
flywheel (centre is sheared) but bearing is dry around the crank seal... Not from the gearbox spigot either ??? No other sign where the craps come
from??? So we start scraping it away and it seems more like grease than oil.
Best we can work out is someone has fitted a new clutch and then packed the worn DMF with grease to disguise the noise and got rid.
Bodges like that have been going on for years, hence no one in there right mind would by a car from an auction site
I would, but just be prepared to replace a major item when considering the price.
First thing I'd do if I found the dmf was faulty is get an smf conversion.
The vw ones have quite a lot of grease in the internal spring grooves, could be the same with ford ones. The peugeot ones have radial piston dampers
which are a dry system.
I've had a golf where the spring burst through the side of the dmf casing and cut the bellhousing almost clean off the gearbox, there was grease,
gear oil and filings everywhere, the driver noticed a "slight!" noise but continued to drive until the car stopped, crank sensor failed from
contamination!
I had a shogun a few weeks ago that came in with no drive-suspected clutch, turned out there was a new clutch already present but the dmf internals
had worn enough that the inner part would spin freely within the outer part. The dmf was genuine only and £1200 + labour with a week wait, the
customer was happy with a solid flywheel+clutch conversion at a third of the price.
Dave
Got rid of my old Audi A6 3.0T the other week after the engine seased. Was paid £1400 for it by a salvage company, and they was aware of the problem.
Received a call yesterday from the new owner. He'd paid £3500 for it at auction and didn't know what was wrong with it.
He was a bit upset that a replacement engine would cost at least £3500 without fitting costs.
Crooks are everywhere, if people seriously think their going to get a bargain at an auction then they need their head examined.
DMF issues are 9 times out of 10 are on Mondeo or Transit
[Edited on 9/7/20 by britishtrident]
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DMF issues are 9 times out of 10 are on Mondeo or Transit
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Originally posted by obfripper
The vw ones have quite a lot of grease in the internal spring grooves, could be the same with ford ones. The peugeot ones have radial piston dampers which are a dry system.
Dave
My 370Z has a massively rattley DMF that rattles at idle and under light load/reverse/1st. I bought it knowing it *might* become an issue, but that
plenty of folk have spoken to Nissan and they class it as normal. I took it to a dealer and they confirmed it was normal.
I'm still waiting for the day I need to drop in an SMF!
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Originally posted by coyoteboy
My 370Z has a massively rattley DMF that rattles at idle and under light load/reverse/1st. I bought it knowing it *might* become an issue, but that plenty of folk have spoken to Nissan and they class it as normal. I took it to a dealer and they confirmed it was normal.
I'm still waiting for the day I need to drop in an SMF!
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Originally posted by adithorp
The ones that suprise me are the Toyota RAV4 and Avensis which we've seen a lot of.
Always good when a bit of "creative mechanicing" works.