Ladies and gentlemen of the Fabulous Fiat Forum.
Does this intro get me brownie points??
Bought a Doblo (Dobbie)1.9 d with a camper cassette and full seats. 3 months ago.
It had done 52K miles and a further 2k since I've had it.
Its in great condition bodily and the engine looks squeaky clean.
Oil looks slightly cloudy mid to dark brown.
First the master cylinder needed replacement and then a week later I'm told by a motor engineer that The sudden VIOLENT noise hear (I stopped the engine for an hour on a visit to a friend and started it again and heard this) could be the DMF or I need a new engine.
I have just visited the Garage and they have not looked at the car in a week to determine which is the problem.
Q1. Why DMF replacement OR new engine?
Q2. would the garage use a new clutch in their 750 pound quote?

Advice would be gratefully received.
I'm a Transport Manager, not a mechanic
Mikie

Hi and welcome Mikie

The doblo section is bottom of homepage

Dmf failure... not unheard of.. but not common

Im not even 100% sure its got one



What : when was this noise.. ?

Just on starting..

On driving

Under acceleration??


'Standard' is a chirp at low revs.. did it do that


Vibration is another tell tale..

Nothing obvious..??

Charlie

A link from the Doblo section

https://www.fiatforum.com/doblo/344616-how-change-clutch-doblo.html?344616=#post3426071

Hi Mikie J and welcome to fiat forum....I really want a doblo camper ..but not possible just now ...and the prices they fetch here in Crete are shocking ....Anyway 52k sounds like not massive millage ,so a new engine seems a bit drastic ,what year is it ...maybe the dmf needs to regen , has it done it in the last 2k you have driven it for ?.. care to describe a bit more about your problem ..

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Hi Mikie,
if the engine sounds as if it has a connecting rod bearing damage (hard metallic sounding noise like rhythmic hammering on steel) it could also be a hanging fuel injector.
Did you manage to find out which cylinder is concerned?