Apple rumble

I am hearing a rumble and gurgling noise through the front of my 1999 Renault Espace 2.0 automatic when driving. It doesn’t happen when stationery. It still changes up and down through the gears, and drives fine. Somebody has said it could be the diff on the gearbox,

Asked on 5 June 2010 by SR, via email

Answered by Honest John

Could be. But also make sure that the automatic transmission heat exchanger inside the engine radiator has not fractured, admitting engine coolant to the transmission.

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