I have a 1995 Toyota Landcruiser 4x4. Every time I come to a complete stop on a red light or a stop sign and after releasing the brake there is this noise I think comes from the differential. If I come to complete stop and press the gas immediately the noise is even louder, it sounds like its a little loose and grips. What you think cuses this? What is this? How can I fix it before it gets worse?
2006-11-17 05:39:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
First check the drive line. Jack the car up and put the rear up on jack stands. Then grab the drive shaft and see if there is any up and down looseness. Then try to slide it forwards and back. This will indicate if the pay (looseness) is in the U-joints. If so this is a fairly inexpensive repair. If you find no play here, than block the right rear tire and rotate the left. If you hear the noise doing this then you need to have the differential looked at.
2006-11-17 06:01:45 · answer #1 · answered by yes_its_me 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would be skeptical about the 60k or 100k+ figures on these engines. It is just another used engine and but for the head gasket leak yours is as good or better. I would get the best price on the gasket job with milling the surfaces and also a specific figure just to remove the head for inspection. If the head is cracked you might want to bail. The other alternative would be to get a different car. If it were a brand new engine, okay, but these engines are an unknown--most likely to the mechanic as well. When they start coming down in price based on the quality of the engine, you'd better run because you can get an entire engine at a picknpull or other junkyard for only a few hundred dollars. Which is exactly what they will do, pocketing nearly the entire $2500-3000. It all depends on just how good the engine was before the gasket. Did it burn oil? You keep saying how dependable it was--but they're all dependable before they break down!
2016-05-21 23:03:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be any of a number of things, from universal joints to your hubs. Go see you mechanic, have him test drive it and listen, I'm sure he would get some idea, put it up on the hoist and show you where the problem is and what it would take to fix it.
2006-11-17 05:43:40 · answer #3 · answered by oklatom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First thing to check would be ur u-joints. When they start to go bad the make the so called poping/clunking noise. If not ur u-joints then stats looking into ur tranfercase or diffs.
2006-11-17 05:43:33 · answer #4 · answered by cannondale96 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You my freind are most likely referring to a worn "U" joint. Is it a clunk sound?
2006-11-17 05:43:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋