A 2003 GU failure !!!

Submitted: Wednesday, Feb 13, 2008 at 21:03
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Yep, a 2003 GU 3.0TD failure, but NO its not the engine - thats going strong!!!

I had the dual mass flywheel let go at 105,000kms. I can testify to the fact the clutch has never been abused, but it has done plenty of towing and offroading.

Apparently its uncommonly common for the gel between the two halves of the flywheel to leak out. The symptoms were a really bad vibration (like a broken engine mount - what I thought it was) that only occurred when I started the engine that totally disappeared when I blipped the throttle. You could drive the vehicle with no apparent problems and I did so for ~150kms.

Funny thing was, there was absolutely no warning that it was about to happen and even after the event, the clutch itself worked perfectly and the vibration on start-up was the only symptom. Lucky it didn't happen the previous fortnight when I was down South for the long weekend at the Yeagerup dunes.

I decided to put back an original dual mass flywheel and not a solid one - don't know if I will live to regret that decision. Anyway, I get the vehicle back tomorrow after handing over nearly $3k :(

Cheers

Captain
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