I appreciate this has been covered a number of times, but search doesn't seem to cover the noise/symptoms I am experiencing:
I have a '03 2.0 X with MT. She as done 90k miles. I bought her at approx 30k miles (6 years old) off a little old guy who just used her to go to the shops.
I do all my own servicing: I changed the transmission oils at 59,512 miles on 24/2/11. At the time I wrote in the book that it would be due again at 95,500. I don't know where I got that from (36k interval seems odd?), but with hindsight I probably ought to shorten the interval really due to enthusiatic driving and some off road use.
A few months ago I started to hear the familliar rumble of wheel bearings when at speed, but put this down to tyre wear (I know scooby transmissions can be noisy when tyre wear is mis-matched). Since then she has had new boots all round, but the noise is still there, and is getting worse.
The noise happens between 75mph and 90mph, and is definately a rumble/grinding noise, not a whine. The noise will get worse on a trailing throttle, and gets quieter if you accelerate/brake.
Obviously, at those sorts of speeds I'm not doing much cornering, but rural Essex is twisty and I don't tend to hear any noise at any speed while cornering (even fast/enthusiatically). This makes me think it's not a wheel bearing.
It sounds central, and I am worried it might be differential related, but don't want to get my knickers in a twist unneccessarily. I guess the best thing would be to change the oil again and see if that helps.
Anyone have any thoughts?
I have a '03 2.0 X with MT. She as done 90k miles. I bought her at approx 30k miles (6 years old) off a little old guy who just used her to go to the shops.
I do all my own servicing: I changed the transmission oils at 59,512 miles on 24/2/11. At the time I wrote in the book that it would be due again at 95,500. I don't know where I got that from (36k interval seems odd?), but with hindsight I probably ought to shorten the interval really due to enthusiatic driving and some off road use.
A few months ago I started to hear the familliar rumble of wheel bearings when at speed, but put this down to tyre wear (I know scooby transmissions can be noisy when tyre wear is mis-matched). Since then she has had new boots all round, but the noise is still there, and is getting worse.
The noise happens between 75mph and 90mph, and is definately a rumble/grinding noise, not a whine. The noise will get worse on a trailing throttle, and gets quieter if you accelerate/brake.
Obviously, at those sorts of speeds I'm not doing much cornering, but rural Essex is twisty and I don't tend to hear any noise at any speed while cornering (even fast/enthusiatically). This makes me think it's not a wheel bearing.
It sounds central, and I am worried it might be differential related, but don't want to get my knickers in a twist unneccessarily. I guess the best thing would be to change the oil again and see if that helps.
Anyone have any thoughts?