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Tekno
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My Scorpio rumbles badly
« on: Feb 11th, 2010, 12:31pm » |
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Hello
I'm experiencing bad rumble when driving rough roads. On smooth tarmac and pavement, and also in high speeds, I don't notice anything. Which things can cause that?
Every possible bush from FRONT have been replaced with new ones. Rear differential is also changed, but didn't affect at this problem at all.
And same thing on another tires and tire pressures. 1 Broken front wheel bearing have been changed.
How do I inspect if rear anti roll bar is okay? Does it have bushes like in front?
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #1 on: Feb 11th, 2010, 12:34pm » |
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front drop links?
or rear shock absorber bushes?
can you hear it when you hit a bump or pothole?
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Tekno
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #2 on: Feb 11th, 2010, 2:52pm » |
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I hear soft *thump* when driving to pothole or bump
front drop links are almost brand new...
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #3 on: Feb 11th, 2010, 3:19pm » |
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is it front or rear you hear the noise?
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #4 on: Feb 11th, 2010, 3:22pm » |
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It's very difficult to locate it. Sound comes "everywhere" 
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #5 on: Feb 11th, 2010, 9:45pm » |
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Ball joint on the front wishbone
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #6 on: Feb 12th, 2010, 3:12am » |
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Worn track rod inner ball joints ? 
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #7 on: Feb 12th, 2010, 2:22pm » |
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on Feb 11th, 2010, 9:45pm, Scorpio_Mike wrote:| Ball joint on the front wishbone |
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humm. could be. But I don't hear any clunking etc. Just constant rumble when on rough road (gravel etc), sound is like coming from subwoofer  lol 70-80hz or something?
on Feb 12th, 2010, 3:12am, Jonnycab wrote:| Worn track rod inner ball joints ? |
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Definitely not. They are in good shape now.
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #8 on: Feb 12th, 2010, 6:30pm » |
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Propshaft centre bearing worn?
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #9 on: Feb 12th, 2010, 7:43pm » |
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #10 on: Feb 12th, 2010, 8:35pm » |
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Tekno.
Is it a 12valve by any chance?if the gearbox mounting gets soft or collapses,the left hand front exhaust pipe rumbles against the cross tie bar.Or could it just be that your ears are getting more sensitive,and it's normal road noise ? 
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #11 on: Feb 12th, 2010, 8:54pm » |
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on Feb 12th, 2010, 8:35pm, gozz wrote:Tekno.
Is it a 12valve by any chance?if the gearbox mounting gets soft or collapses,the left hand front exhaust pipe rumbles against the cross tie bar.Or could it just be that your ears are getting more sensitive,and it's normal road noise ?
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It's a -98 2.3 16V estate. I don't believe it's just a road noise as it's so loud.
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #12 on: Feb 13th, 2010, 7:36am » |
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TYRES! Had terrible noise once with one set of tyres I bought, when I changed them the noise went lived with it for months ..... Try changing the wheels round it sometimes helps. If everything else has been checked out and confirmed not to be the problem.
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #13 on: Feb 13th, 2010, 9:19am » |
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I once had a clunk sound when braking and I checked EVERYTHING I could think of, finally found the problem by accident when I took my front wheel off for cleaning, it turned out to be the spring that holds the brake pad in, it had slipped out at one end and was allowing the pad to slap against the caliper body on release, it was like that for months.
Some sounds can be annoyingly hard to pinpoint.
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #14 on: Feb 13th, 2010, 10:02am » |
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on Feb 11th, 2010, 12:34pm, Highlander wrote:| rear shock absorber bushes? |
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Do you change the shock absorber or just the bushes....
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #15 on: Feb 13th, 2010, 4:54pm » |
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While searching for any interesting, I made a discovery:
That rubber part around shock absorper has gone bad:
Any way to fix that easily?
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #16 on: Feb 13th, 2010, 6:54pm » |
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So it's an estate then,the shocker appears to be not central in the spring,is the spring busted?
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #17 on: Feb 13th, 2010, 8:39pm » |
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Agree with GOZZ - that spring looks a bit sick
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #18 on: Feb 13th, 2010, 8:43pm » |
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Tekno, I have a set of estate springs, virtually unused (bought and installed in error but replaced quickly to correct ones) if you need.
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Re: My Scorpio rumbles badly
« Reply #19 on: Feb 13th, 2010, 10:00pm » |
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I have a little bit feeling of that shock absorber is not properly attached to top? Or is it not possible?
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