Bro'-in'-law has just travelled from Coventry to S. Wales (Gower) towing a
trailer and camping equipment. Journey passed without events.

Arrived on campsite - everything normal - and turned off engine to book-in.

Upon re-starting the engine to drive to allotted pitch, it's making a
helluva noise - sounds like tin cans being dragged along the ground!

No loss of oil. No loss of coolant. Enough fuel (half full). No warnings on
the dash. Both camshafts are turning and the engine "tries to fire".

He'll prolly have to get it recovered - but any thoughts anyone?

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> Bro'-in'-law has just travelled from Coventry to S. Wales (Gower) towing a
> trailer and camping equipment. Journey passed without events.
>
> Arrived on campsite - everything normal - and turned off engine to 
> book-in.
>
> Upon re-starting the engine to drive to allotted pitch, it's making a
> helluva noise - sounds like tin cans being dragged along the ground!
>
> No loss of oil. No loss of coolant. Enough fuel (half full). No warnings 
> on
> the dash. Both camshafts are turning and the engine "tries to fire".
>
> He'll prolly have to get it recovered - but any thoughts anyone?



I can't determine from your post if the engine is running or not, but I had 
an auto Granada once which made a similar noise - it turned out the torque 
converter driveplate was shearing off it's boss and scraping against the 
engine.  Car ran fine like that for several weeks (though noisily) until it 
eventually gave way and I lost all drive.  Also I couldn't restart the 
engine because the ring gear was on the outer edge of the driveplate and 
that was no longer connected to the crankshaft!

Darren