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I was wondering if anybody on here might be able to shed some light on a problem or point me in the direction of somebody who might,
Over the past few weeks my 06 ST3 has recently developed some vibration, basically whenever the car is accelerating on boost (slower acceleration does not cause this) in any gear above 2nd (i.e. 3rd,4th,5th,6th) the whole car vibrates fairly violently, this vibration is faster as RPM increases, and normally taking your foot off the accelerator stops this vibration dead until the accelerator is planted again.
There is no loss of power when this happens which makes me think that it is more of a 'mechanical' issue rather than an engine issue.
The vibrations can be felt through the entire front end of the car.
Took the car into our local indie, who is a pretty honest chap, he had a quick look at lunchtime and checked the commonly known issues, his first thought was driveshafts or engine mounts.
Both driveshafts have been replaced at some point in the last few years by the previous owner, and on initial inspection engine mounts looked good.
The more I think about it the more I think there is a gearbox mount on the way out? when find some spare time I'll go for a test drive with the mechanic to see if that might shed some more light on it but the more information I can go back armed with the better.
Unless anybody might know of any ST experts around the Milton Keynes area that might be worth a quick call?
Over the past few weeks my 06 ST3 has recently developed some vibration, basically whenever the car is accelerating on boost (slower acceleration does not cause this) in any gear above 2nd (i.e. 3rd,4th,5th,6th) the whole car vibrates fairly violently, this vibration is faster as RPM increases, and normally taking your foot off the accelerator stops this vibration dead until the accelerator is planted again.
There is no loss of power when this happens which makes me think that it is more of a 'mechanical' issue rather than an engine issue.
The vibrations can be felt through the entire front end of the car.
Took the car into our local indie, who is a pretty honest chap, he had a quick look at lunchtime and checked the commonly known issues, his first thought was driveshafts or engine mounts.
Both driveshafts have been replaced at some point in the last few years by the previous owner, and on initial inspection engine mounts looked good.
The more I think about it the more I think there is a gearbox mount on the way out? when find some spare time I'll go for a test drive with the mechanic to see if that might shed some more light on it but the more information I can go back armed with the better.
Unless anybody might know of any ST experts around the Milton Keynes area that might be worth a quick call?