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Annoying banging!!

  • 10-07-2008 10:49pm
    #1
    DaMonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 200 ✭✭


    Hi there,
    I have a 2001 Bora tdi and there's a funny bang coming from it going over bumos. The shocks are grand (I think) and it doesn't affect the car at all but its really annoying, almost like the jack is lose and banging but under the bonnet. Everything checks out tight in the engine.
    Any ideas? only happens on bumpy roads. Left some air out of the tyre but no use.


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  • #2
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Anti roll bar link?
    Cant hear it from here though..


  • #3
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    strut top mounts?


  • #4
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    MKiv golfs and boras have notoriously rattle issues..
    Glove box catch can be one, mirror casing another and passenger seats can also rattle


  • #5
    patrickc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,972 ✭✭✭patrickc


    kbannon wrote: »
    strut top mounts?

    they the same as the shock heads/insulators, cos ive the same problem with mine and that's what the banging has been diagnosed as


  • #6
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    patrickc wrote: »
    they the same as the shock heads/insulators, cos ive the same problem with mine and that's what the banging has been diagnosed as
    I have never heard of them being described as insulators before...


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  • #7
    patrickc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,972 ✭✭✭patrickc


    slideways wrote: »
    I have never heard of them being described as insulators before...

    volvo called them that when i was ordering them


  • #8
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    kbannon wrote: »
    strut top mounts?

    This is what this was in my car after hitting a massive pothole in Banbridge. Admittedly my shocks were on the way out too.


  • #9
    Ferris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,290 ✭✭✭Ferris


    Could be the lower arm bushings too, I did them on my golf. They make a huge difference to the cars handling. Cost me 400quid to get them and the rear shocks done. You just replace the lower arms.

    The front of a golf/bora should be silent/free from knocks. If it isn't go to a mechanic. It'll defo fail an NCT.


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