markman34 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Hi everyone! I have a couple of questions about my wagon and am wondering if anyone has encountered these problems before..... One problem problem that I've been having is wheel hop or something. When I spin the tires/tire, I get a shuttering/bucking phenomenon from somewhere.(seems like the right front wheel) The shifters for the tranny and t/c really move a lot and there is some terrible noise coming from somewhere when it starts bucking. I have also noticed this problem when the clutch is very hot and I don't disengage it just right. Buck buck, lots of noise. I just did the struts on this car so maybe I did something wrong there but with all the movement in the shifters I'm wondering if it may be a mount problem. Next: When I'm driving the car to my favorite snowboarding destination I have noticed as I start nearing the top of this one big long hill at highway speed, my heater starts blowing cold air. After a short while, maybe 30 seconds, the heat returns. This happens every time I go over this hill. (and others) The car has not been using any water. Always full of coolant. Very weird! Final: For some reason I can't get the indicator for the "right rear door ajar" to shut off. I have inspected the switch in the door jam and it was ok. There must be another location for a common fault in this circuit. I can't wait to fix this as the interior light has acted really weird since the problem started. News: Still trying to figure out the high idle problem. Replaced everything but the MAF so far. The car still idles at 2.5k long after it should have kicked down. If it is shut off and restarted though, it works just fine.... Thanks for everything you all have to offer. With all this help my car will run forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberoo Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 you compain to doctor "that it hurts when I do this" doctor says "don't do that" if you are doing burnouts and you have wheelhop then the simple answer is to stop doing burnouts:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markman34 Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 well, I'm not doing burnouts exactly. Living up here in canada we have lots of snow. Traction can be limited. Accelerating around a corner on wet roads. you know...... Tires spin with all those 87 horses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Check the engine and tranny mounts - likely they have sheared away. The rubber in them gets old... GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markman34 Posted April 10, 2006 Author Share Posted April 10, 2006 Thanks for the response, So last night I looked at the mounts. I didn't get a look at the left side engine mount though. The passenger side engine mount and the tranny mounts are intact. When using a prybar to wiggle it, I can see the mount rubber pulling but it appears to be fixed on both sides. Is it possible that the mounts could be toast without actually tearing out? Is there a tether within the mount to limit the travel? Thanks for the help! Marko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltik Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 My old Suzuki Jimny did this too. When nailing it up over sand dunes the rear diff would slam around making one helluva noise. If you kept it up for long enough the gear stick would start slamming into the dash. To this day i have no idea what caused it but it Didnt happen in 4WD, and the axle/tranny mounts were good. The car was a 1999 so there cant have been much wrong with it. Also if you've seen Bullit, Steve McQueens Mustang does it when he smokes his tyres in reverse I cant believe i actually found a pic of that KELTIK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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