Some weird issues with a Ford Galaxy...
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I need to pick the brains of the PH folks.
We have a MK2 Ford Galaxy (an '06 plate) which has the 1.9 TDI engine. It's done 115k miles or thereabouts, and it's been a perfectly reliable workhorse.
For the past year or so, I've noticed a weird side-to-side vibration from the front of the car whenever it's accelerating up a hill, at any speed above about 40ish. But the family never gave any thought to it, as it was a very slight vibration and it did it for a long time, but in the last month or so, the vibration suddenly became a lot worse, and it was doing it under any load, at any speed over 40ish, and it gets worse the higher the engine is revving. when the revs are fairly high, (above about 2.5k rpm) the vibration is choppy and it shakes the whole car like there's no tomorrow. But it still doesn't vibrate excessively unless we're travelling more than 40ish.
When coasting, there's no issue, and the engine revs freely with no vibrations when disconnected from the driving wheels.
We took it into the garage to have it checked over, and they adjusted the wheel balancing which reduced the problem quite a lot. That was about 2 weeks ago, and it's suddenly come back today. The garage said the tracking would be the next thing they look at.
Another problem the Galaxy has been doing for a while is a weird kangaroo'ing kind of acceleration, which clears up very quickly. We only see this issue when accelerating suddenly from about 10 mph in second gear, but even then, it doesn't do that every time, just every now and then.
Any ideas on what could be the issue(s)?
We have a MK2 Ford Galaxy (an '06 plate) which has the 1.9 TDI engine. It's done 115k miles or thereabouts, and it's been a perfectly reliable workhorse.
For the past year or so, I've noticed a weird side-to-side vibration from the front of the car whenever it's accelerating up a hill, at any speed above about 40ish. But the family never gave any thought to it, as it was a very slight vibration and it did it for a long time, but in the last month or so, the vibration suddenly became a lot worse, and it was doing it under any load, at any speed over 40ish, and it gets worse the higher the engine is revving. when the revs are fairly high, (above about 2.5k rpm) the vibration is choppy and it shakes the whole car like there's no tomorrow. But it still doesn't vibrate excessively unless we're travelling more than 40ish.
When coasting, there's no issue, and the engine revs freely with no vibrations when disconnected from the driving wheels.
We took it into the garage to have it checked over, and they adjusted the wheel balancing which reduced the problem quite a lot. That was about 2 weeks ago, and it's suddenly come back today. The garage said the tracking would be the next thing they look at.
Another problem the Galaxy has been doing for a while is a weird kangaroo'ing kind of acceleration, which clears up very quickly. We only see this issue when accelerating suddenly from about 10 mph in second gear, but even then, it doesn't do that every time, just every now and then.
Any ideas on what could be the issue(s)?
Engine mountings?
(at low speed enough torque is going through to hold the engine hard against a stop, once you get going there is enough movement to let the engine wobble around? - IIRC the mounting at the back under the gearbox is held in place firmly by the weight of the engine when stationary, so not sure what an easy check would be)
(at low speed enough torque is going through to hold the engine hard against a stop, once you get going there is enough movement to let the engine wobble around? - IIRC the mounting at the back under the gearbox is held in place firmly by the weight of the engine when stationary, so not sure what an easy check would be)
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