Ok so I figured I would post a collective thread of all the questions I have instead of posting separate threads. Thank you in advance for any help
Background info on the car: Recently bought a 2003 CLS6 with 120K miles, manual transmission was rebuilt and 105k service done according to the person I got it from. Car is lowered on comptech springs with what looks like stock struts.
1. movement in front ( more so left side?) starting from stop or after braking and then getting on the gas. To help visualize what it FEELS like, it would be as if the lower control arm moves backwards while braking then moves forward when getting on gas, this is just to explain what it feels like. If I release the gas then get on it again without braking I do not feel the strange movement
2. Squeak from rear only when going over speed bumps
3. When driving in gear and releasing the gas allowing the car to coast, the car coasts smoothly until it slows down to ~1000RPM (regardless of which gear, more violent the lower the gear though) the car bucks 3-4 times then reaches idle speed 750RPM and it smoothly coasts again.
4. When shifting gears, I take my foot off the gas then when I push the clutch in my RPMS jump ~150-500 before falling, the slower I shift the less it jumps until very barely. Just to be clear I am completely taking my foot off the gas before I clutch in. If I take my foot off the gas and wait more than 2 seconds before pushing the clutch in the RPMS do not jump
5. SRS light came up last night and has stayed on while the car is running
6. Shifter is a bit loose (especially left to right), seems to originate from the shifter itself and not the bushings that connect to the transmission
7. Any way to check if the timing belt and water pump were actually changed?
8. Do I seem to have new heads and why are there empty holes (circled red)
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Background info on the car: Recently bought a 2003 CLS6 with 120K miles, manual transmission was rebuilt and 105k service done according to the person I got it from. Car is lowered on comptech springs with what looks like stock struts.
1. movement in front ( more so left side?) starting from stop or after braking and then getting on the gas. To help visualize what it FEELS like, it would be as if the lower control arm moves backwards while braking then moves forward when getting on gas, this is just to explain what it feels like. If I release the gas then get on it again without braking I do not feel the strange movement
2. Squeak from rear only when going over speed bumps
3. When driving in gear and releasing the gas allowing the car to coast, the car coasts smoothly until it slows down to ~1000RPM (regardless of which gear, more violent the lower the gear though) the car bucks 3-4 times then reaches idle speed 750RPM and it smoothly coasts again.
4. When shifting gears, I take my foot off the gas then when I push the clutch in my RPMS jump ~150-500 before falling, the slower I shift the less it jumps until very barely. Just to be clear I am completely taking my foot off the gas before I clutch in. If I take my foot off the gas and wait more than 2 seconds before pushing the clutch in the RPMS do not jump
5. SRS light came up last night and has stayed on while the car is running
6. Shifter is a bit loose (especially left to right), seems to originate from the shifter itself and not the bushings that connect to the transmission
7. Any way to check if the timing belt and water pump were actually changed?
8. Do I seem to have new heads and why are there empty holes (circled red)
Rear
Front
Picture of Transmission
