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Hello chips Today i put a mark along the propshaft and the vcu took the car out for a spin for about 5 miles and today not a grind not even a noise i took it on some grass and the lines i put on the prop and vcu have not moved. Its got me stumped as it did not make one noise even on tight...

Hello chips Is there a way to check if the vcu has seized up and dont worry the only ony who is liable is the garage who sold me the car 2 years ago. Cheers

Cheers for the advise mate if i take of the prop shaft will that stop the grinding noise so i will know that it is the ird. I am not bad with spanners so is it worth trying to change it out myself (will it keep the cost down) cheers mate

Please could you tell me what a VCU is please and what is an IRD please

Hi all I have a 2003 TD4 with 49.000 miles on the clock and i think my gearbox is on the way out it makes a loud grindind noise in first and second gear at low speeds when you take your foot of accelarator. The grinding noise also happens when you put full lock on at low speed in first or...

Hello all I have a 2003 td4 with 48,000 miles on the clock i have recently noticed a grinding noise coming fron engine it happens when i do a number of things. first of all it makes the noise in reverse as i reverse the grinding noise gets louder the higher the revs. secondly if i drive the...

Hello blippie The answer to your last post is that it has done 47.200 miles and their does not seem to be any problem with the clutch but also i dont think any of the fluid levels have been checked or topped up since the car was brand new i hope this helps you cheers paulhed

Hi all First of all i have a td4 03 plate. On sunday i pulled up to a junction and pulled out a little to far so put it into reverse and just as i began to move a grinding type noise started coming from the engine bay at about 3000 revs. tried it a couple of more times in the day and some...

Hello everyone New to this so i would be very gratefull for your help. I have a td4 2003 which developed a problem about six weeks ago as i was driveing along i noticed the red battery light flickering every now and then this went on for a couple of days then it started to happen more and...