UPDATE - knocking noise

[Willie]

If your thinking about selling its a very difficult market just now.
If I turned up to buy your car and it had a knocking noise that you didn't know what it was I wouldn't be buying your car off of you.

 

[gib20vt]

one of my mates whould be buying it off me and he knows all about it, so wouldn't matter in that department plus he has alot of plans for it, coilovers, bugger turbo etc....

but thats another matter.......

as you said its a hard time to sell a car at the mo and I would like to keep it and get everything sorted apoke to a mate today who works for VW and he's ordered me a set of strut tops, ball joints, droplinks, and a set of wish bone bushs got them mates rates too so hopefully it will stop

 

[gib20vt]

I have had this ongoing knocking noise when turning and driving over uneven road surface or rough ground. I have a lot of help saying the strut tops so I have got a mate VW parts dept who ordered me a set along with new ball joints and droplinks.

I was on my way to pick them up on sat - pulled into halfords car park, had a look around, got back to the car, started up went to drive off and there was this horrible griding noise????? like I was draggin something under the car - mate had a look under and couldnt see anything? drove up to the junction still grinding, pulled out and it just stopped? after that I dove through town parked up and never did it again?

I had 4 people in the car so slightly more weight - but I haven't a clue what it was?? mate said it sounded like a drive shaft noise

any ideas?

 

[Willie]

Could have been a stone stuck between the splash guard and the brake disc, happens very often in the MK2 Leon

 

[gib20vt]

Sounded horrible! I will have a spy nxt week to see if there are any tell tale signs

many thanks junior senior

 

[DanAPR225]

Could have been a stone stuck between the splash guard and the brake disc, happens very often in the MK2 Leon

210 doesnt have the guards, but the 225 does as far as i know...

Good luck Rich, sounds like a right pain in the arse

 

[Willie]

Mine is a 210 2003 and it has splash guards.
Dunno about the rest but I think most cars have them

 

[gib20vt]

lucky my mate is having a look on sat, he reconed it could have been a stone too but either way he's getting it up in the air to have a good look over.

 

[stpete]

Your lucky junior, the guards were not std on 210 up until change over to 225 but some later 210's got 225 bit except BAM lump, do your strings on parcel shelf retract or just hang?

 

[Willie]

Retract

 

[B3LSY]

ive got similar noise,on uneven surface started this week

 

[gib20vt]

Bloody lcr's who'd have them eh!

Mine has retractable parcel shelf strings and splash guads? and its on an 02 plate??

 

[gib20vt]

well I got slightly further on this problem then back to the drawing board again......found the inside of the drivers disc was scorn so that rules out the noise I heard the other day - but the knocking noise when driving along is still a mystery! got it up on a lift to find the under tray was rather loose - so refitted all new bolts and fixings and set off.......
nothing...no noise, as soon as I thought it was fixed a noise started up again!

If I am driving along doing around 30-40mph and wobble the steering so I get the car rolling slightly you can hear the knocking noise - all the bush's have been checked and seem fine, strut tops are getting changed after christmas now, but it sounds like its still coming from the steering

 

[crazyshad1]

I had the same knocking noise with my LCR. Had the car in at seat, never found the problem so it was trail and error. Relpaced both top mounts, no difference. replaced whishbone bushes, no difference. Changed the anti-roll bar bushes and hey presto!!!

 

[gib20vt]

I have an uprated anti roll bar already on, so I ruled out that? going to try the top mounts after xmas and see if that does anything - if not as you said trial and error

what was the noise you were getting?

 

[crazyshad1]

knocking on un even ground and knocking when i shake the steering wheel while driving.

 

[gib20vt]

might have to see the anti roll bar then?? I ruled it out only due to me getting a neuspeed one only a couple of month ago

 

[gib20vt]

Update!!!!!

well finally got the problem sorted out - the problem was the drivers drop link was knackered! only had it replaced when I first bought the car, only found it when we had the car on all four wheels and my mate was in the garage pit pulling down on the arb - car feels sooo much better now.

 

[Phillc]

Glad you got it sorted its really satisfying when you find that niggling noise.

 

[wurzel]

I have this noise also - do the Cupra's also have drop links?

My knowledge of suspension is quite poor.