i have a question about cvt's

[Clan]

oh yes thats exactly what it is , a characteristic "air-click" type noise every time the rpm goes over 1800 rpm ... It probably fine ...

[spike4073]

thats what i thought...alltho it is doing it whilst idleing....

[spike4073]

i think i may just have to resign myself to the fact that my 340 simply likes making a lot of noise....i must have had 5 or 6 people look at it now who all say they cant find anything physicaly wrong with it but who all allso agree that it doesnt sound right.......its a real head scratcher...if anyone here has any ideas feel free to let me know ...am about ready to give up ....would like to get to the bottom of it tho (its doing my ****ing head in!)

[foggyjames]

Next time I'm in the area we'll have to arrange for me to have a listen to it. I'll give you a shout...

cheers

James

[spike4073]

ok cheers....let me know next time you are in the sheffield area....you can reach me at.... spike4073@hotmail.com

allso i have been assured by many people that a oil leak from the gear box would not cause the exessive noise i am experiencing...however ..could anyone tell me what damage/effects it would cause if any??

cheers

[foggyjames]

I'll be in touch...

Ultimately, the box could seize if it runs dry. How badly is it leaking? How many drips would you get on a piece of newspaper left under it overnight?

cheers

James

[harpulina]

Originally Posted by renaulthater

Hi all I had this fault a few years ago, although they do tend to rev high, anyway it turned out it was the unit on the inner wing (i think it was on the drivers side wing neer the expansion bottle) What a think had happened was i changed the drive belts and possibly blew a diaphram in the unit as i seperated the two cones, if i change them a again i will disconnect all the vac pipes. Not saying it will be the same on your car but the symptoms are the same.

hiya renaulthater I see you live in wakefield, Im in bradford wouldnt mind a meet with you to swap thoughts Im getting used to my 340 abit now but still seems strange being in the 30 -35 rpm range more or less all the timecontact me if your willing at charlesdown@hotmail.com cheers chas (harpo)

[spike4073]

dont know how many drips...havent checked that....i wiped the exterior clean and a day or 2 later it was oily again on the plastic cover that sits below the box

[Clan]

[QUOTE=harpulina;409371] but still seems strange being in the 30 -35 rpm range more or less all the timeQUOTE]

That sounds about right for the mechanical action BUT the vacuum sytem helps reduce rpm further , It is called the Overdrive function .
The way it should work is you get to say 35 mph and it's doing 3500 rpm then lift your foot up a bit on the accelerator and the speed will be maintained yet the rpm drop away to 2000 rpm or less over a period of about 5 seconds ....

[harpulina]

[QUOTE=Clan;409481]

Originally Posted by harpulina

but still seems strange being in the 30 -35 rpm range more or less all the timeQUOTE]

That sounds about right for the mechanical action BUT the vacuum sytem helps reduce rpm further , It is called the Overdrive function .
The way it should work is you get to say 35 mph and it's doing 3500 rpm then lift your foot up a bit on the accelerator and the speed will be maintained yet the rpm drop away to 2000 rpm or less over a period of about 5 seconds ....

thanks for imput Clan, only timeI can getdown to 2000rpm is going down hill,just done a few miles on m1 today trying , so I must have a problem ,
should be able toget somewhere near 2000 at 55mph too do you think when you ease off Cheers Harpulina