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Motor Question

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  • 01-05-2007 12:46am
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    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,002 ✭✭✭


    Have a VW Golf 04.....Now sometimes when I use clutch or when breaking I hear what seems to be a set of china plates clattering of each other in boot. Well it sounds like there is a nut vibrating or something....Does my head in...I have only started to notice it of late because of good weather and when window is down.

    So anyone tell me what the noise is and should I be worried...

    Thanks


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    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    If the noise is coming from the rear when you press the brakes it could be that your rear brake pads are worn. Depressing the clutch shouldn't cause any odd sounds from the rear.
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    sc4rf4ce
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    have you put new wheels on at all recently or change your wheels around at all?


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    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,002 ✭✭✭mad m


    Got a new tyre about 6 months ago,due to the fact the wife hit a kerb and tyre bubbled. Was advised the others were close to the required depth, so got another two new ones last week and brought the spare into action.


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    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,002 ✭✭✭mad m


    crosstownk wrote:
    If the noise is coming from the rear when you press the brakes it could be that your rear brake pads are worn. Depressing the clutch shouldn't cause any odd sounds from the rear.



    Just one of those noises that gets on your nerves,as I said its like a bunch of plates in boot, like a stone hopping off a plate but duller pitched sound,well it seems to be coming from rear. Only got it serviced a while ago also. Will checkout pads tomorrow but sound does come when I use cluth and changing down the gears. Just thought can hear it faintly when I accelerate a bit.


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    Darragh29
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    Sounds very much like your rear brake pads are completely worn and the sound you are hearing is the bare metal of the brake pad rubbing against the metal brake disc.


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    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,002 ✭✭✭mad m


    While driving car today noticed noise without braking,it comes when I take foot off accelerator or while I'm in neutral and I rev it,it only comes when car warms up. Happened across a mechanic I knew and it said its either the Baffler gone that goes into catalytic converter Or its a bracket under gearbox vibrating which is missing a screw or bracket has snapped....


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    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Yep - it does sound like an exhaust silencer. There is also a good chance that it may be the catalytic convertor. Sometimes the honeycomb monolith inside the casing comes adrift. A loose cat usually sounds like 'stones inside an empty can of coke'. If it's happening when the car is stopped then it's definitely not you rear brake pads.
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