car clunking into gear WTF
Hey guys my car like literally just clunked into every gear when i was driving. This is the 4th time ive driven today and it wasnt doing it before... Does anyone know why it would just all of a sudden start clunking??
Anbody have an idea? Its stopped now so im completely stumped
P-plater
Yep thats a weird one. Done anything different lately?
Originally Posted by Little Red VZ Go-Kart
1. Why would you want to floor it, or move it to the red line? Especially with the lack of airbags and ABS features!? What do you hope to achieve by that??Originally Posted by HoldenV8
give everything a spray with wd40 wheels brakes that should fix the squeaks
is it still doing it? My car just started doing the same thing i think. It seems to happen more at lower revs than high and more when im turning the wheels.
Were you doing any of the above when it happened to you?
P-plater
Check your oil level. That's a start. And when you check it, dump a hand full of oil and examine it for metal fleck in the sun.
Originally Posted by Little Red VZ Go-Kart
1. Why would you want to floor it, or move it to the red line? Especially with the lack of airbags and ABS features!? What do you hope to achieve by that??Originally Posted by HoldenV8
give everything a spray with wd40 wheels brakes that should fix the squeaks
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yeh theres a number of things ... what gear was it between? What kind of driving was it?
Could be time for an oil change, when was it done last?
When mine gets hot, like in M4 peak hour, it clunks between 2nd and 3rd alot but once I get going and it cools down its right.
P-plater
I had the same problem but its actually the oil cooling down, the gearbox only generates heat while the teeth are under load. When I went on the highway my gearbox changed really well, but once I stopped it got bad again. After that I changed to a slightly thinner oil. Perfect. so the oil gets thinner and hotter with load. The rubbish oil I had in it was straight 90w. I put in 80w90, made all the difference.Originally Posted by Torquative:2016118
Originally Posted by Little Red VZ Go-Kart
1. Why would you want to floor it, or move it to the red line? Especially with the lack of airbags and ABS features!? What do you hope to achieve by that??Originally Posted by HoldenV8
give everything a spray with wd40 wheels brakes that should fix the squeaks
it does happen between 2nd and third when accel. and even decel.
I have only just bought the car and i believe its due for a service so ill drop and replace all fluids and see how it goes i suppose
P-plater
Remember there is a 2nd to 3rd clunk on almost every box out there, that's unavoidable. Its the 3rd to 2nd or anything else that's the problem.
I recommend getting castrol multitrax 75w90 or 80w90. Make sure that straight 90w is never used, it ruins your cold shifting.
Originally Posted by Little Red VZ Go-Kart
1. Why would you want to floor it, or move it to the red line? Especially with the lack of airbags and ABS features!? What do you hope to achieve by that??Originally Posted by HoldenV8
give everything a spray with wd40 wheels brakes that should fix the squeaks
thanks for that, i do find it happens more the hotter the car gets or the longer i drive for
P-plater
Does it happen more in peak hour or constant high load like highway or hills.
Originally Posted by Little Red VZ Go-Kart
1. Why would you want to floor it, or move it to the red line? Especially with the lack of airbags and ABS features!? What do you hope to achieve by that??Originally Posted by HoldenV8
give everything a spray with wd40 wheels brakes that should fix the squeaks
yeah more around the suburbs and in traffic, it loves the open road but when it goes up a hill i loose power rather quickly and it seems to change down a gear or two
sorry on another note is it ok to drive around in 'power shift' mode all the time? My mate says it is but im not 100% sure
P-plater
Firat you need to disregard every post I made because I thought you had a manual. And it is 100% OK to drive in power all the time, all it does is hold the revs longer, which also uses more fuel.
Originally Posted by Little Red VZ Go-Kart
1. Why would you want to floor it, or move it to the red line? Especially with the lack of airbags and ABS features!? What do you hope to achieve by that??Originally Posted by HoldenV8
give everything a spray with wd40 wheels brakes that should fix the squeaks
it still does itttt!!!..
but i turn my car off completely put it in park && let it sit for 30 seconds then turn it back on n its fine again
i haven't tried it myself but i seen an oil additive you can put in your transmission. Its meant to make the gear changes smoother. Im going to try it soon to see if it helps at all
are you sure it's the trans? diff backlash can produce the same niose through the drive line, holden LSD is notorious for this.
what we have here,is a failure too communicate!!
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There shouldnt be any clunks from gear to gear regardless of auto or manual.
If its severe and started suddenly Id be checking for a failed component in the tail shaft (rubber couplings for example), diff or drive shafts resulting in excessive backlash.
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is there a fix for this
YES, rebuild.
what we have here,is a failure too communicate!!
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