Hello All, I wonder if the gathered brains of the forum could answer a few questions for me:
1) Is the Mk3 (2001-) Mondeo with 1.8/2.0 Duratec HE engine always fitted with a dual-mass flywheel (DMF)?2) Is the failure of a DMF likely to have been caused/accelerated by a very hot clutch?
3) Is there any good way to confirm a failure of the DMF without having to split the engine/gearbox?4) I see from the forum and elsewhere that DMFs generally have a bad name, but is anyone aware of common DMF problems with this Mondeo variant?
The reason I ask is that I managed to rather overcook the clutch on my car by having to reverse a long way up a rather steep, very narrow road in South Wales (after it turned into a track with no advance warning or turning space), and every since there has been a rattle from the clutch area which seems to be somewhat engine-speed dependant and very dependant on the torque through the clutch. The clutch, paradoxically, continues to work fine.
I initially thought that I might have broken a clutch driven plate damper spring, but now I'm wondering whether the high clutch temperature has caused the elastomeric material in the DMF to separate, allowing the two parts of the flywheel to rattle against each other. Assuming the car
*does" have a DMF, that is!Thanks in advance,
Jonathan.