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United Kingdom 2008 Range Rover Sport TDV6 SE Orkney Grey
ominous low gear clunk sound, transfer box?

Hi my 2008 2.7 is coming up to 110000 miles, it has been a brilliant car and ultra reliable, its had all its services lately by an independant landrover mech.
After the timing belt replacement my car developed a single clunk that happens intermittently and mostly when reversing or as it changes at the start of a hill. i was told it was probably the transfer box and i should replace it.
due to work and the thought of a 3k bill etc i haven't done anything.
It otherwise drives well and recently passed its MOT and check at a main LR dealer who did not notice anything.
it has been a few months now and it still clunks, most of the posts about transfer boxes talk about grating or whining where as this is definitely a clunk, you feel, almost like a missed low gear.
Before i am talked into a new transfer box has any one had this?
Neutral Range Rover Sport tdv6 2.7
2008

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SRE



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Location: Alicante Prov Spain + Hampshire UK
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Simple check, Change the transfer box oil and filter the old oil and look for debris. In Spain - 2018 F Pace - Frightened away from the Sports due to crank failures
Gone - A couple of RRS, A couple of Disco's. However thinking of another Sport.

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United Kingdom 2008 Range Rover Sport TDV6 SE Orkney Grey

Thanks,
we changed the oil in the transfer box when it was first noticed thinking it might help I don't recall a lot of debris then but its worth doing again. this is definitely a clunk rather than a grind Range Rover Sport tdv6 2.7
2008

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Bullnogger



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England 2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Java Black

Hi mate I have just had my transfer box rebuilt to £830 mine wasn't a clunk it sounded like a scraping noise like a wheel bearing rover 2,7 sport

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Stevepd



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United Kingdom 2006 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Cairns Blue

Perhaps the same, having only had the car a small time and still getting used to it I have also noticed a low speed (10-perhaps 20 mph) clunk when apply light throttle but above these speeds I can't say I notice anything. Feels/sounds like it coming from the rear or certainly behind me.

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Tim in Scotland



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2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

When was the fluid in the Viscous Coupling last changed/ checked? You may be suffering slippage in the VC. LR claimed originally that it was "sealed for life" - after a lot of failures in Freelanders "life" was reduced to 5 or 7 years IIRC 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

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Bullnogger



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England 2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Java Black

When my sport was making the noise it was really difficult to say where noise was coming from it was a rotational scraping noise I swapped both front hubs which included wheel bearings £360 later still same noise swapped rear bearing and corroded back plate just in case it was handbrake shoes catching like I said it was rotational noise £140 later still same turned out to be bearings in transfer box but no clunking sound check ur diff oil and prop

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