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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / May 2006

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XC-70 driveline "thunk" sound/feel... others get it?

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K Bourke - 19 May 2006 00:24 GMT
I'm six months into owning a 1998 XC-70 with 176,000km on it which manifests
two similar driveline behaviours:

1)  At a stop with foot on brake for more than a few minutes, I can almost
always get a minor "bump", which feels as if someone has tapped me from
behind with their front bumper..... no movement, no dip in the tach, and
this has happened again in particularly long stops for gridlock.  Has been
doing this the whole time I've had it, and

2)  For the last several days, I've gotten quite a "thump" which seems to be
from the drivetrain, but occurs while cruising between 80-100km/hr.  No
acceleration, no kick-down, just steady load/speed.  The third time this
happened, the driveline seemed to slip for a second, before catching back
up... but I was unable to see any change in the tach or speed.....  These
episodes last only an instant, and give the impression I've run over
something (but with only one wheel/thump).  Tranny functions crisply through
anything I throw at it otherwise.  Other than startling me, there seems to
be no other effect.

Tranny was flushed completely at 162,000km.

Dealer had car in shop and on the road today... no abnormal codes, performed
flawlessly on the test-drive.  Replaced the LF wheel-bearing, which was
likely coincidental, and *did* note the lower engine mount to be separating
(I think this an unlikely cause...).

Any ideas/experience from the cognoscenti ?

Merci,

Kevin
Alistair Ross - 19 May 2006 11:01 GMT
You could have hit the nail on the head with the rear engine mount. I used
to get the same effect on an old 245 and it turned out to be an engine
mount. I imagine with the complex transmission on a XC all would have to be
pretty 'spot bollock' to be OK.

ttfn......Alistair
> I'm six months into owning a 1998 XC-70 with 176,000km on it which
> manifests two similar driveline behaviours:
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> Kevin
K Bourke - 20 May 2006 02:26 GMT
Lord.... do bollocks *have* spots?????  Not on this side of the Atlantic, I
assure you....LOL

Thanks for the advice!

K.

> You could have hit the nail on the head with the rear engine mount. I used
> to get the same effect on an old 245 and it turned out to be an engine
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>> Kevin
 
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