Clio 16V Earthing Problems...

[BigChris]

I have been having some earthing problems with the car again...

just had a look under the bonnet, and the gearbox mount seems to be loose! gulp, well caught, hense the jerky movements when on and off accelerator... just wondering, if the gearbox mount was slighty off the gearbox, would that cause an earthing problem - as the main earth sits on top of the box??

Thanks, chris.

 

[Rich1.2]

most certainly would, all earths are meant to be tight for a reason mate, i had a earth problem on the box which caused the car to not start so get it cleaned up and tightened down mate

 

[BigChris]

super cheers rich, doing that tonight... got oil change, oil filter, gearbox mount, ummmm anything else lol... ahh well, better to catch it sooner than later!

 

[Rich1.2]

bah only a couple of hours work if that! i'm not sayin that will 100% be your problem mate but as i say it will most certainly cause an earth problem

 

[BigChris]

aye.. i mean the mount is slightly off the gearbox... and the earthing wire connects to one of the bolts which sits on top of the gearbox... obviously the earth goes through the mount, so with that being lose, my immediate thoughts were that the earthing would not be as strong!

had this problem before - feels like the car is "sucking back"