Noisy lifters

[Julien]

Well i got to changing my oil today. the old oil was really dirty, and it was only about or less than 3k miles old. i thing my engine is a little quieter, but its probably just in my head lol. so i took another video.

http://www.youtube.com/user/whiteiri.../1/MwSpN-zlbHI

if anybody has any idea what that noise is, please share. i think its probably the transmission but id love for it to be a bad CV joint or something

I'm no mechanic, but it does sound a bit like a crapped out CV. My old Subaru Liberty sounded like that before I changed the front driveshafts.
Is the noise worse when cornering?

[Seamus]

Nope, the noise is always there when accelerating, or when I downshift so there's load on the tranny.its starting to make a noise in neutral now.

And yeah, it's pretty scary. I'm scared of how my transmission could fail while I'm driving. I read on swedespeed or something that someone's bearing let go and it jammed the gears and both front wheels locked up at 55 mph

[Leto Atreides II]

Yah... I think if I had that noise coming from my car it would be time to have a professional at least take a look at it.

[Seamus]

Yah... I think if I had that noise coming from my car it would be time to have a professional at least take a look at it.

Ugh I think your right. There's just no one here that I'd trust with my car besides the dealer, which I can't afford. The only independents around here don't deal much with the M56 in volvos, but I guess it's like any other MT

[kamiar]

Ugh I think your right. There's just no one here that I'd trust with my car besides the dealer, which I can't afford. The only independents around here don't deal much with the M56 in volvos, but I guess it's like any other MT

Cant you remove the drive shaft and then the front axles and run the engine and tranny in drive and see if the noise is still there and take it step by step from there?

[Astro14]

I missed the M56 part initially...how did you get an MT car in North America?

Since it's not sold here...I am not sure that I would trust the dealer blindly...they likely haven't seen one before...

[Seamus]

I missed the M56 part initially...how did you get an MT car in North America?

Since it's not sold here...I am not sure that I would trust the dealer blindly...they likely haven't seen one before...

This is is my s60, forgot to mention that, but same deal pretty much

[Astro14]

Ah...in which case, I retract what I said about the dealer...they've seen this combination before. That poor thing does sound awful...sounds like the bearings or gears in the trans are coming apart...did they say to just keep driving it?

With MTs - it's often the cheapest option to simply find a good used box and swap them out. Rebuilding takes time and costs labor....and in your case, there are some pieces in the MT that may be no good any more...

[Seamus]

Didn't go to the dealer, too expensive. I'm just gonna drive it till it dies and then get a used trans. I was just hoping it could possibly be a bad cv joint or something, but I highly doubt it since the noise totally goes away in 5th gear

[granlund]

If you do believe that transmission is going to die, and you intend to keep the car, why not replace it now before it takes out several other expensive things when it leaves you stranded somewhere you don't want to be?