KeithJG
Active Member
Having just done 2000mls with no fault with the motor at all apart from a glow plug light on (which happened the day i left for holiday)for 2 minutes after cold start.......... on the last leg home from Amien in France this vibration started when applying brakes after 55mph.
The night before i left for the journey to the ferry i put it in a car wash and my friend who was watching said the wheel wash part was very violent with high pressure jets going into the wheels. The hotel was just 50yds from the wash so i parked it up for the last night with the brakes still wet!
In the morning on the autoroute this vibration started so all i can think is that the weather was very hot maybe 32 degrees so the discs were very hot also when going in the car wash so maybe the cold strong water jets has warped my MB discs which have only done around 8000mls.
The reason i think this is the problem is because i went to MB Medway on Friday to get the glowplug done and while i was there they had enough time to do the MOT advisory for the front Torque arms replacement.
I told them of the vibration and he believes the discs ARE warped as they checked all the front bushes while under it
Well i am booked in next week to have TWR discs and pads replaced on the front together with tracking and wheel balance so we will see what happens this time.
OK, so after all these words i would like to know if anyone else has encountered warp discs linked to a car wash or cold water sprayed on hot discs??.........many can also say don`t go near a car wash but even at a Polski wash they use jets of cold water so what gives?.....The actual car wash i use at home just up the road gave me no problems so was it all the extra heat?
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The night before i left for the journey to the ferry i put it in a car wash and my friend who was watching said the wheel wash part was very violent with high pressure jets going into the wheels. The hotel was just 50yds from the wash so i parked it up for the last night with the brakes still wet!
In the morning on the autoroute this vibration started so all i can think is that the weather was very hot maybe 32 degrees so the discs were very hot also when going in the car wash so maybe the cold strong water jets has warped my MB discs which have only done around 8000mls.
The reason i think this is the problem is because i went to MB Medway on Friday to get the glowplug done and while i was there they had enough time to do the MOT advisory for the front Torque arms replacement.
I told them of the vibration and he believes the discs ARE warped as they checked all the front bushes while under it
Well i am booked in next week to have TWR discs and pads replaced on the front together with tracking and wheel balance so we will see what happens this time.
OK, so after all these words i would like to know if anyone else has encountered warp discs linked to a car wash or cold water sprayed on hot discs??.........many can also say don`t go near a car wash but even at a Polski wash they use jets of cold water so what gives?.....The actual car wash i use at home just up the road gave me no problems so was it all the extra heat?
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