Post 152896 by Titch on 2006-10-16 21:07:52
Yesterday at our Scottish meet in Fort Augustus i went over a hump back bridge at about 20 mph but did not realise the severity of the opposite decline and i bottomed out heavily at the other side. All seemed well after that but today when going in and out of work i noticed that i had developed a knocking noise when accelarating with any degree of lock on.
Could it be a steering problem or a gearbox problem( I must add that the car jumped out of gear on impact)
Any help would be greatly appreciated?
Post 152898 by Unknown on 2006-10-16 21:10:49
Could it just be the exhaust system has been pushed up a bit into the guard ?
I had this, especially when wamr, took it to my local exahust dealer and all he did was pry it down a bit - didn't charge me either.
Ac
Post 152907 by chalky on 2006-10-16 21:13:45
[QUOTE=Titch]Yesterday at our Scottish meet in Fort Augustus i went over a hump back bridge at about 20 mph but did not realise the severity of the opposite decline and i bottomed out heavily at the other side. All seemed well after that but today when going in and out of work i noticed that i had developed a knocking noise when accelarating with any degree of lock on.
Could it be a steering problem or a gearbox problem( I must add that the car jumped out of gear on impact)
Any help would be greatly appreciated?[/QUOTE]
Possible cv joint damage?? tough to say though:confused:
Post 152912 by Titch on 2006-10-16 21:15:26
Not sure Andrew, something i will need to have a look at. Did yours only do it while you were steering. Oh and mine is getting worse( Getting scared)
Post 152915 by Titch on 2006-10-16 21:17:38
[QUOTE=chalky]Possible cv joint damage?? tough to say though:confused:[/QUOTE]
Possibly. That would be Baws as i just had them changed 1000 miles ago.(650 miles ago before yesterdays excursion lol)
Post 152917 by Titch on 2006-10-16 21:18:50
[QUOTE=blackwolf t5]What model etc.?[/QUOTE]
Its an S40 T4 bud
Post 152922 by BlackBeast on 2006-10-16 21:20:34
End links, wishbones and engine/gearbox mounts.
Post 152927 by Unknown on 2006-10-16 21:23:24
[QUOTE=Titch]Not sure Andrew, something i will need to have a look at. Did yours only do it while you were steering. Oh and mine is getting worse( Getting scared)[/QUOTE]
No all the time once the engine was warm.
Post 152929 by Titch on 2006-10-16 21:25:10
[QUOTE=BlackBeast]End links, wishbones and engine/gearbox mounts.[/QUOTE]
Ohhh Fu@k. that will be an expensive old game. It seems strange that i managed 150 miles home and it didnt happen but started today:confused:
Post 152931 by BlackBeast on 2006-10-16 21:27:12
End of the day it could be any of the parts thats been said above. We are all just giving you advice on what to pay particular attention to when looking under the car.
Post 152932 by Titch on 2006-10-16 21:27:45
[QUOTE=Andrew]No all the time once the engine was warm.[/QUOTE]
Well thats promising cause that is one similarity i noticed.
Post 152935 by Titch on 2006-10-16 21:30:24
I appreciate that Blackbeast but you have to realise im still at that hopeful yet delusional place where everybody will say its nothing dont worry about it lol. Thanks to you all with such quick responses
Post 152964 by bubba_1986 on 2006-10-16 22:07:16
Not sounding good titch. I have no idea's lol.
Hope you find out what it is soon
P.S i had knocking noise but turned out to be drive shft had came loose ( some how ). Got stripped and rebuilt, and hay presto no more knock
I knw this probaly got nothing to do with yestarday but jst mentioning it
gd luck :biggrin:
Post 152985 by The Flying Banana on 2006-10-16 22:46:34
I take the sump isnt battered up and the crank is hitting off it !! Geez , glad i wasnt there cos i would have been chasing you and i would be posting a similar if not worse thread!!!
Post 153087 by Titch on 2006-10-17 13:45:24
Hi Scott, the fortunate thing is i was genuinely going slowly as it was a single track road( no more than 20mph) so if you had been behind me you would have probably been ok. drivig home would have been a different matter all together lol. The car is in the garage and i will see what they come up with.
Post 153091 by pzorb on 2006-10-17 14:19:15
My guess is on end links coming loose. If you hit a bump now at anything but square on then the antiroll bar tries to move the end links. I had a knock/rattle at the front on mine that was cured by tightening the end links. Jack the front up, and support the hub. Get some thin nose molegrips to bite the endlink end and a spanner to hold the bolt. Jam one of them, lie flat and kick the other to tighten.
Post 153419 by Titch on 2006-10-17 23:24:01
Could be that as well, i will let you know what the diagnosis is when they deliver the news. Again thank you all for offering advice on what it could be. Some of the things that have been mentioned i would never have considered. Cheers
Post 154531 by grumpybob on 2006-10-21 19:18:43
How did you get on at the garage big fella.?
Hopefully nothing too serious or expensive.
Bob
Post 154538 by Jocksuper7 on 2006-10-21 19:44:18
i would be intrested to know how you got on mate,
mine has started it since i lowered her, it sounds loike the exhust rattling but i am not sure, its not the engine mount cause i have already changed that.
Post 155101 by Titch on 2006-10-23 12:06:27
Still an on going process im afraid guys, Got the car back s they said the have checked all the cars structural parts and everything seems ok. Although it is not as bad as before it is still happening but we cannot pinpoint where it is coming from. If i get anywhere with this i will let you know asap