it's all going horribly wrong

was close to tears last night on way home while going down a by-pass
at 55 the whole thing started shuddering and vibrating quite strongly, also "sounded" like i was driving on flat tires.

took the front wheels off last night and couldn't see anything had broke or that was loose,

any ideas anyone. i thought about the wheel bearings or CV thingy

Could be the FRONT mounting on the REAR DIFFERENTIAL, the other 2 last a bit longer.

thread on here somewhere about front driveshafts

right then i'm confused.
i took wife out in it last night to prove to her what was happening and nothing happened, not shaking or vibrating, but then this morning it was back,

now i know this is going to sound really stupid but can a bit of frost change the surface of a road enough to make cars shake like this.

it is more likely the weight of a passenger has put different loading on the suspension and has masked the problem. Get her to drive it on her own.

she can't drive unfortunately. and if she could she wouldn't have let me have the FL would have been summat she likes i.e pug 206 or summat as equally c**p.

also why are they referred to as hippos, just out of curiosity.

got it booked in with a land rover dealer on tuesday anyway, let them have a look. prob mean remortgaging house.

Hippo - coz its supposed to look like one - summat from an ad i believe - an a Hippoo, coz most are crap

cheers pal,
i can now call them hippos and know why,

Hi,

It sounds similar to what happened to mine a year or so ago..............the VCU (Viscous Coupling Unit, in the middle of the propshaft) went bang. The whole car shook like mad, I thought it was going to fall in half!!
Ended up costing over £700 to get fixed!! So I do hope it's not the case with your FL. Good luck!

oh is that all lol.
I'll have a poke underneath tomorrow then and see what condition it looks in.

is there anything i need to look for while i'm under there? cracks, splits bits missing.
and if it does go can i just rip the propshaft off and drive in in mondo mode.

jimmy are you sure its a drive train/transmission problem, did you try dipping the clutch,

yes and it stopped rattling. also stops when just coasting along.

what you thinking it could be?

Could be anything then??? I had the VCU fixed then the front part of the prop f'd up! Only just got the whole propshaft put back on...........I'm just awaiting the next thing to go wrong..........Land Rovers!! You gotta love em!!!

does this explain it a little better ?

this is getting better,

gave car a rate good jet washing yesterday, and now there are no noises, shaking or rattling

does anyone know if built up mud could have caused it to make all the noise and shake and stuff?

unlikely. But, giving the car a good soaking underneath does wet all the rubber bushings and mountings, so maybe a bush or mount problem. When I was a lot younger and had old cars which creaked and groaned, first thing I did before panicking was to soak the underneath. Nearly always worked.

seems to have done the trick, land rover dealer said if the wheel or propshaft have mud welded on to them then it can throw the balancing out,

so saved a fortune having them put it on the ramps to stare at it for 15 mins while shaking head and tutting.