Thread: Purchasing td5 with 3 amigos and harsh vibrations

BIG O, i havent purchased the car yet and with the way the floods are going it wont be this week either. It vibrates at idle when stationary so the first thing i thought was it needed new eng mounts. I was not convinced that mounts would be the cause of the vibrations felt when driving tough.
I have been looking around for others to purchase but there isnt alot for sale at the moment. Having said that im still interested in the one with the problems.

Thanx. Michael.

Originally Posted by Pacemaker

Hi,

...Today I test drove 1999 series 2 with 220,000 kms that had the 3 amigos on and very harsh vibration at 2200 rpm. The vibration was only at slight throttle load though. Full throttle seemed to make most of It go away and any rpm either side was very smooth. ...
Michael.

my 01 td5 has this too, initially it was a rattle and worked out it was the handbrake as could pull on and noise go away

fixed this but there is still a vibration at same rpm that doesnt change with handbrake on or off.

next thing i will be looking into as recommended here are harmonic balancer, belt tensioners pulleys, and possibly TC rear output bearing or engine mounts.

just today got first three amigos, but have had progressively worse squeeking brakes which ive read can lead to this, so will be trying some new brand of pads and getting the discs machined (need doing).

Originally Posted by Pacemaker

BIG O, i havent purchased the car yet and with the way the floods are going it wont be this week either. It vibrates at idle when stationary so the first thing i thought was it needed new eng mounts. I was not convinced that mounts would be the cause of the vibrations felt when driving tough.
I have been looking around for others to purchase but there isnt alot for sale at the moment. Having said that im still interested in the one with the problems.

Thanx. Michael.

Put a jack under the sump and jack it up abit whilst the car is at idle, if the viabration goes your engine mounts have gone..

Cheers Ean

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

Put a jack under the sump and jack it up abit whilst the car is at idle, if the viabration goes your engine mounts have gone..

Cheers Ean

sounds like a good tip, thanks.

Be worth looking at the donut (rubber coupler) on the rear propshaft at the diff. These also tend to make a noise/vibration usually at a specific RPM when worn.

Cheers

George

Originally Posted by georgesadlik

Be worth looking at the donut (rubber coupler) on the rear propshaft at the diff. These also tend to make a noise/vibration usually at a specific RPM when worn.

Cheers

George

yes its near the top of my todo list to remove the rear propshaft and handbrake drum again and go for a drive with the CDL on.

I got rid of my low rpm vibrations easy. The cooler lines from the manual g/box were rubbling together. Lossen the clamps and a bit of reshaping and its all good.
Regards
Robbo

thanks for the suggestion but mine is auto, i dont even know if it has them like the manual.