'00 Xsara knocking noise when coasting

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Mon 21 Jun 2004 01:50
'00 Xsara knocking noise when coasting - mfarrow
Hi

I friend of mine has a Citroen Xsara, which has recently started to develop a knocking whenever he takes his foot off the accelerator. It doesn't happen when torque is being applied to the wheels. It happens in and out of gear, clutch up or down. Frequency of knock is road speed dependant. What could this be?

He thinks it's the gearbox, but I would have suspected a CV joint? It had a new clutch and some gearbox welding at the start of the year because a torsion spring decided it had enough and wanted to eject itself through the bell-housing into the 'box at 70mph! This caused some oil leakage but not much.

Thanks for any suggestions!



Mike Farrow
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