Nissan Caravan 3L manual Diesel shuddering

luvthebikes, Aug 12, 6:18am
When I take off in 1st gear it shudders quite a lot, fine once going what would cause this?

m16d, Aug 12, 6:30am
Could be the clutch. ? do yer think. ?
If in doubt,get someone else to check it. if it's not slipping,just keep driving it.
But if it's an engine or gearbox mount prolly better get it fixed.

mrfxit, Aug 12, 8:20am
Combo's of any of.

Rear gearbox mount split
1 engine mount split
High spots on clutch/ flywheel surface
oil on flywheel.

1st pick is gearbox mount

intrade, Aug 12, 8:24am
what year is this vehicle, shudder of when letting clutch slowly in= worped flywheel just dump the clutch a bit faster and see if its ok then. ?

luvthebikes, Aug 12, 8:53am
2005 160,000 kms if you give it plenty of gas it doesn't shudder, but it should take off without shuddering with low revs too

unclejake, Aug 12, 11:35am
As others have said it's quite likely a flywheel issue. Dunno if those had a dual mass flywheel or not. I hope not (and it doesn't sound like it from your fault description)

mrfxit, Oct 16, 1:01am
95 2.7D Caravan

Already had the . >
flywheel high spot issue (resurface & new clutch kit)
Split gearbox mount (fixed shudder for a while)

Suspect now that an engine mount has also split but not checked yet
Shudder is minor & easy to avoid if thinking about it.