erneboy Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Hello. I am new to this site. I have a juddering 3 litre. Mine judders every time it moves off regardless of driver, technique, direction, surface or gradient. I am trying to contact other 3 litre owners who can describe their judder as being as bad as or similar to mine. I have an idea I would like to try. I am not familiar with this site and have been working on this on another site. Can we use the PM facility so that we can communicate in private, I do not want Fiat to see what I am suggesting. Thank you, Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Yes you can use pm's but they will not be picked up until the person logs on next time. Have you searched through the other threads on juddering? What age/type of vehicle have you got? Is it still under warranty? What mileage is it? I have a 3l auto and not much solice to you but it drives like a dream. Very smooth at slow speads forward and backwards. You will receive more technical responses than this and I hope you get the answers.:-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erneboy Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Thank you Porky. I often read the threads on this site although I do not think I have posted here before. My van is soon to be two years old, it had a new clutch a year ago at 15,800 miles. I am fairly well up to speed on the current answers and trying to see if there is a new way of dealing with the problem. That is why I am trying to contact 3 litre owners whose vans exhibit substantial, easily demonstrated judder, Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taffy97 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Hi Alan, PM Sent :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euroserv Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 If you have a judder going forwards and backwards you probably have a faulty clutch or flywheel. Why did the clutch get replaced before? was it juddering or did it slip? If it was the latter, and it has been ok since tha clutch was replaced I would expect the clutch hydraulics to be at fault. It really should go beack to where the clutch was fitted because it would seem that the clutch failure is a symptom of another problem that is rearing it's head again. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erneboy Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 Nick, a new clutch because it was slipping, but they did not replace the flywheel which I understand is usual with a DMF. Your hydraulic theory sounds about right to me, there is virtually no freeplay in the pedal and I always wonder whether there is pressure on the plate all the time. However the dealer just did what Fiat told them to do, Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbow-Chasers Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 If you have clutch judder when you pull away, it is misaligned. They should replace both parts as standard, not just the clutch as it will cause problems...was this done on fiat warranty? If so I would check and see what they have listed as being replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Whilst erneboy may be new on here, I think he's will versed as to the juddering problems having 3 years of experiance on 'the darkside' :D but you never know might learn something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erneboy Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 Yes Rainbow Chasers, I think you are correct. It was flywheel only Thank you Colin, it is always nice to learn new things, Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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