Sick of breaking down
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RAC called out and diagnosed clutch were slipping, Off to garage and had Fly wheel, clutch, and he said he had to fit bearing. Drove home struggled to get gear which were fine before but presumed it was me getting used to bite on clutch, but temp gauge was up at half and that never happened before. Full lock on turning in street making noise which was not there before. Took back and he took the wheel off and said some metal had corroded and pulled a chunk off. Driving not far for couple days but just not right, felt slightly vibrational on accelerator. Then another RAC visit because it lost all its coolant and almost overheated. He diagnosed a smallish pipe and said when they fitted clutch they bent the bracket which caused a hole in pipe, so he fitted what he had and followed me to garage. Just picked it up as it was left on car park to collect, drove home as if it had brake stuck on is the only way i can explain it, loss of power at points and smelling burnish with temp going up to half. Just got home with it and checked coolant non in, so filled it to level. Got in now brake pedal hard and solid and back right wheel making whining noise also very vibrational driving home. Passed MOT last couple months and everything good. Drove ok until clutch fitted which was expensive. 2006 TD4 Freelander.
Hope someone can give me any advice as it has to go back to garage now it feels undrivable
Thanks a mere woman keeping the mechanic industry in a job, constantly, because they keep breaking it even more. Not all mechanics by the way.
Hope someone can give me any advice as it has to go back to garage now it feels undrivable
Thanks a mere woman keeping the mechanic industry in a job, constantly, because they keep breaking it even more. Not all mechanics by the way.