MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Diagnose a noise for me
Post by: Spooky211 on January 09, 2018, 01:32:38 pm

Recently my GTI has started making a kind of thwack thwack noise when going round right handers - its reciprocal so increases with speed. It only seems to happen when on the throttle and annoyingly is fairly intermittent. I took it to my local garage and the mechanic couldn't get the car to make the noise but checked all obvious things like CV, bearings etc and said everything looked ok. Any of you guys got any ideas or experienced similar? I was thinking either CV, driveshaft or track rod-ends?

Title: Re: Diagnose a noise for me
Post by: Omaru91 on January 09, 2018, 02:06:04 pm

Hi,

i had a similar issue when accelerating and turn to the right, was my passenger side driveshaft that was gone changed it and sound is now gone.

could be the same issue.

Title: Re: Diagnose a noise for me
Post by: Spooky211 on January 09, 2018, 02:10:21 pm

Cheers for the response! Did you change it yourself? Easy enough?

Title: Re: Diagnose a noise for me
Post by: Omaru91 on January 09, 2018, 03:59:00 pm

yeah i changed it myself it wasnt too hard just gotta make sure you have all the right tools and all new hardware mine is a DSG not sure if yours in manual or not.

used this video to figure out how to do it

hope you get it sorted 

Title: Re: Diagnose a noise for me
Post by: Spooky211 on January 10, 2018, 01:11:00 pm

Cheers mate,

Out of curiosity was the noise experienced similar to this?