Can A Badly Fitted Or Faulty Dual Mass Flywheel Cause Engine Damage

[Guest Galaxy Owner]

Hi all, i have a Galaxy 1.9 TDI, 03 plate that has done about 27k miles, went in for the safety recall for Dual mass flywheel about 1 month later broke down with loss of power (Wouldn't turnover), took it into Ford Garage and they couldn't get it to turnover, they changed the battery and now their diagnostics are reporting a misfire on cylinder 2.

 

Could this have been caused by a badly fitted or Faulty Dual Mass flywheel, Gates are saying not connected but i have my doubts.

 

any info would be of great help as it will cost me a fortune as car is just out of warranty :) .

 

Cheers

[Guest Carl]

Hi all, i have a Galaxy 1.9 TDI, 03 plate that has done about 27k miles, went in for the safety recall for Dual mass flywheel about 1 month later broke down with loss of power (Wouldn't turnover), took it into Ford Garage and they couldn't get it to turnover, they changed the battery and now their diagnostics are reporting a misfire on cylinder 2.

 

Could this have been caused by a badly fitted or Faulty Dual Mass flywheel, Gates are saying not connected but i have my doubts.

 

any info would be of great help as it will cost me a fortune as car is just out of warranty :) .

 

Cheers

 

 

 

Hi we had the flywheel changed 6 weeks ago, cluch failed this weekend [no pedel movement, after 2 attempts the problem was solved [we hope] by fitting another new flywheel they said the previos one was warped. our car is the same model, milage and year as yours.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Regards Carl

[djx]

if ti is crankshaft or piston related then you could argue that and out of balance flywheel WILL put extra stresses on the crank and piston that they were not designed for.

 

 

Hi all, i have a Galaxy 1.9 TDI, 03 plate that has done about 27k miles, went in for the safety recall for Dual mass flywheel about 1 month later broke down with loss of power (Wouldn't turnover), took it into Ford Garage and they couldn't get it to turnover, they changed the battery and now their diagnostics are reporting a misfire on cylinder 2.

 

Could this have been caused by a badly fitted or Faulty Dual Mass flywheel, Gates are saying not connected but i have my doubts.

 

any info would be of great help as it will cost me a fortune as car is just out of warranty :) .

 

Cheers

 

 

 

Hi we had the flywheel changed 6 weeks ago, cluch failed this weekend [no pedel movement, after 2 attempts the problem was solved [we hope] by fitting another new flywheel they said the previos one was warped. our car is the same model, milage and year as yours.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Regards Carl

[markchambers]

Hi all, i have a Galaxy 1.9 TDI, 03 plate that has done about 27k miles, went in for the safety recall for Dual mass flywheel about 1 month later broke down with loss of power (Wouldn't turnover), took it into Ford Garage and they couldn't get it to turnover, they changed the battery and now their diagnostics are reporting a misfire on cylinder 2.

 

Could this have been caused by a badly fitted or Faulty Dual Mass flywheel, Gates are saying not connected but i have my doubts.

 

any info would be of great help as it will cost me a fortune as car is just out of warranty ;) .

 

Cheers

 

Hi mate,

the flywheel would not cause a misfire, unfortunatly the dealer is telling you the truth, the two items are not related.

All the dual mass flywheel does is smooth out the take up of drive and give you smoother gear changes, it reduces the shock on the gearbox when you put your foot down or change gear erraticly. it's like two flywheels held together by springs which lets it twist a little when under stress. It does not have anything to do with the injection sequence or firing order.

Sounds like you may have a faulty injector or something along those lines.

 

hope this helps

[Guest Galaxy Owner]

if ti is crankshaft or piston related then you could argue that and out of balance flywheel WILL put extra stresses on the crank and piston that they were not designed for.

 

Yes they are stating this is a piston problem, prior to the loss of power their was a knocking sound which went away when clutch pedal was pressed (Noise faded quietly not straight away) but when clutch was re-engaged noise returned pressed accelerator down but no addtional power then cut out completely.

 

reading about unbalanced flywheels i believe this is the cuase as car was working fine until Fords recalled it.

 

 

thoughts please?

[sepulchrave]

The only thing that I can think might be attributable is if the flywheel has been remounted in the incorrect position on the crank flange, I don't know if your car has a flywheel position sensor, but if it does then it may be telling lies to the ECU about the piston configuration, most crank flanges are not dowelled these days.

 

I may be barking up the wrong tree, but I really don't buy the mechanical damage argument. Any engine will run fine without a flywheel as long as it's turning quickly enough, it just won't tick over! Both the crank and the flywheel are already balanced independently before being mated together, one does not balance the other!

 

You can probably bolt the flywheel back on in six different positions, five of them would be wrong though (and don't expect the dealer to own up if he can charge you to put it right).

[iainkirk]

There is a sensor on the flywhweel.

 

I had a seized flywheel (non-recall) and when they replaced it and put it back together, I had a misfire too.

 

When they eventually found the problem and gave me the car back they said that the sensor had been damaged during the flywheel change. New sensor fitted, misfire gone!

 

She's now driving like new!