Recognise this?

[pzorb]

Having replaced my suspension I have found a new, mysterious and exotic noise coming from the front driver's wheel area.
If the car has load, ie in gear and holding speed or accelerating then there is no noise. If the car is in gear and lifting the throttle when moving the noise happens until there is load. If I drop the clutch whilst lifting the throttle, the noise goes. Mysterious, eh?

The noise itself is a knocking noise, that is best described as the sound a mouse ball would make if rattled inside a wooden box very quickly. There is a rhythm to it also. It's quite loud, you'd hear it over the stereo.

Anyone got an idea? Garage people in the midlands take note, as I don't really have the time to fix this myself at the moment

[t5 stealth]

maybe a cv joint worn
or maybe check the hub nut on the end of the drive shaft
or it mite be an engine mount worn,
when on over run the engine moves forward & vibrates to a close part of subframe,

[chalky]

could be dodgy lower ball joint! who fitted your strurts?

[mazza]

i think its the mouse wheel in the box in your footwell....

[rs_andy]

sounds like loose wheel nuts, check your nuts mate

[BlackBeast]

and then once you cant find any check your wheel bolts

[Andrew]

and then once you can'T find any check your wheel bolts

*hands BB a 'T

[BlackBeast]

what

[pzorb]

what

I pity the fool.

(hands BB a bigger T)

[pzorb]

Cheers barbs! lol

I have noticed that the rear wheel is missing its locking wheel nut, so fat lot of security that gave haha

[rs_andy]

so was it the wheel bolts?

if not maybe check you haven't lost an anti rattle spring off the caliper or jack the car up and turn the wheel by hand and see if you can figure it out...

[pzorb]

so was it the wheel bolts?

It was sir. Just wound them up today - thank goodness for that. Was expecting a ma-husive bill!

[pault5]

I have to say, that any exotic noises i hear from my car when im driving are caused by the OBS on the blink. Onion Bahji Syndrome. I normaly pull off as soon as i can to check the wiring on the heated seats, jusst incase they wanna catch fire. Then find there is no obvious problems, then, i get in the car and there is the most Turgid smell, like the devil himself has just been driving my 850. ... burning the back of throat. Breathing gets hard for a while. I set off, and theres no problems untill around the following Saturday night. Then the high pitch squeel starts again, followed by a stinging sensation.


UPDATE: Or it could be the CC sensor up the swanny?, the Chibaty Chap.

Hope this helps.

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hey dude,
can i have some of them tablets you're taking....

[pzorb]

can i have some of them tablets you're taking....

Immodium most probably.

[Benji]

or calpol lol

[rs_andy]

It was sir. Just wound them up today - thank goodness for that. Was expecting a ma-husive bill!

ah, excellent. ...done that enough in the past, so eager to get out and test drive that I've forgotten to tighten the wheels up!