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Oct 29th, 2002, 10:14 | #1 |
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Easy to Fix??
Hi, I'm new to this forum and Volvo cars!
I've recently bought a 1991 1.7 340 GL, after a miserable year owning 3 Fords, all of which ended up at the breakers yard!! I have to say that I'm converted.... this car is the best car for £500 that I could ever have bought. (Full main dealer service history too... with only one other owner!) The car is in exceptional condition, apart from a near side dent.... however... I am experiencing a problem with it. After looking through this forum I found a thread posted in september of this year stating a similar problem... a rattle when the car is started that dissapears when the clutch is depressed. This thread was repied too and it said that it could be that the couplings on the propshaft had come loose (a common problem apparently?). My question is..... is this a difficult thing to fix? I'm no car mechanic, but also not scared to have a go at a few repairs myself. Any help would be appreciated, cheers... - Rob - |
Oct 29th, 2002, 21:19 | #2 |
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RE: Easy to Fix??
Yeah its easy. Jack the car up and find the propshaft underneath the car. It runs from the clutch housing at the front to the g/box at the back.
Find the clips at each end and tighten to 35Nm (I think) The bolts are 6mm allen keys. Use a good quality key in mint condition, and be careful not to round off the nuts otherwise you'll have a job getting them off if you need to change the clutch. Hope that helps and apologies if I sound patronising. Never sure how to pitch advice :) Andy |
Oct 29th, 2002, 23:28 | #3 |
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RE: Easy to Fix??
If the rattle is in tune with engine revs and disappears when engiine revs up this was a common Volvo problem. Our 340 rattled like a bag of nails from new and sounded terrible. Volvo then put a different oil into the gearbox and the rattle vanished. I believe the oil was synthetic of some sort as opposed to the ATF that was the norm for these gearboxes. The rattle was caused by the layshaft rattling at low revs due to thin oil. Cheers Nige
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Nov 11th, 2002, 17:36 | #4 |
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RE: Easy to Fix??
If the noise is a loose rattle and ceases with touching the clutch lightly, its probably the clutch release forks worn and is a common fault and can go on for thousands of miles like that. If its very bad , you may need a new clutch release bearing which means dismantling the clutch housing .
regards,Steve |
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