MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: Tamiyoman on September 20, 2012, 01:22:44 pm
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Just joined a local golf course that has some speed bumps on the way in (8 of them! :confused:) .
Heard a noise leaving today when going over one of the speed bumps (at 10mph) it was a mtallic rattle sound from underneath (sounded to be near front?), sounded like someone clanking 2 metal disks together :surprised:
Any clues on that?.
Also on way home (in Manual mode in DSG), at about 10-15mph going from 2nd to 1st gear (approcahing roundabout) it made a "Clunk" noise (I know it's not much to go on), to me it sounded like either a engine mount or possibly bushing/joint etc?, any clues for common faults in those cases (I know about broken springs but an unsure of that?).
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You sure it's nothing to do with your exhaust banging against something underneath?? If you can remember, mine did that and i had to get it adjusted, heh presto, it then stopped!! :driver:
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NO, thats the first thing I thought, cue me under back of car waggling exhaust around, does not move much!
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I had a dogbone insert thing installed the other day, certainly stiffened me up alright!!
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ARB bush mount? Check for anything ARB related such as contact with something.
So, it's a 'clunk' and couldn't be described as a 'chirp'? I reckon it will be suspension related if it happens over speed bumps.
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ARB bush mount? Check for anything ARB related such as contact with something.
So, it's a 'clunk' and couldn't be described as a 'chirp'? I reckon it will be suspension related if it happens over speed bumps.
ONe was a metalllic sound (like 2 metal disks clinking together) and the other when changing down was deffo a clunk!, thought it might be engine mount or something related?
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It's often so difficult to pin point a sound and especially only by description via cyberspace.
Brake caliper / dust shield related? I'm grasping at straws here trying to help!
Can you get a trusted friend to drive slowly over a speed bump while you lie down alongside it (though obviously not as a human speed bump!!). You could always borrow one of your mate's Police uniform and pretend to be a 'sleeping policeman' as speed bumps are sometimes called. Sorry, but actually I was being serious about being alongside. It would have to be a very quiet road of course.
You could always make your own speed bump to test where the noise is coming from:
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Can you replicate it just by pushing and pulling the car by hand when stationary?
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Can you replicate it just by pushing and pulling the car by hand when stationary?
I have never heard the clunk before, but the metallic noise I heard twice now.
I will see if I can get up to local VW indie and get them to have alook (might as well get an oil change while im there!)
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Can you replicate it just by pushing and pulling the car by hand when stationary?
....Virtually impossible on a car with modified suspension etc but I don't think his is modified. On the hand, I expect you could shift it, Ian!
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Can you replicate it just by pushing and pulling the car by hand when stationary?
....Virtually impossible on a car with modified suspension etc but I don't think his is modified. On the hand, I expect you could shift it, Ian!
Yup std suspension (and brakes ahem :innocent:)
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ABS, or more than likely a stone stuck between your disc and stone guard. :happy2:
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Can you replicate it just by pushing and pulling the car by hand when stationary?
....Virtually impossible on a car with modified suspension etc but I don't think his is modified. On the hand, I expect you could shift it, Ian!
Complete nonsense Robin.
That's how my fooked top mounts were diagnosed by JKM. Not bad for a 20k car.
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Can you replicate it just by pushing and pulling the car by hand when stationary?
....Virtually impossible on a car with modified suspension etc but I don't think his is modified. On the hand, I expect you could shift it, Ian!
Complete nonsense Robin.
That's how my fooked top mounts were diagnosed by JKM. Not bad for a 20k car.
....Well, my suspension is so stiff that I can't push and pull the bodywork enough by hand to diagnose a clunk. JKM, as you know, have huge experience in these matters.
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ABS, or more than likely a stone stuck between your disc and stone guard. :happy2:
I have had a stone in disk before, familiar with that sound (Scrapin/screech :happy2:), its not that, it sounds like something loose or worn