Hope there's some answer for this. i have an '03 XG350L...it has 127,000 miles...has always ran great. Just recently I've had a lound grinding type noise coming from..it seems...the front center of the hood area. This noise happen..from what I can tell...in gears 2-4 (it's a 5 speed). There is no griding on shifting. It happens as the car accelerates and/or decellerates? It only happens when the car is moving and can seeminly get lounder if I rev the engin while diving. Only other thing is I've notced...about 10% of the time I start driving from a stopped postion...there will be a clunk/catch getting into 1st? Any thoughts...thank you.