03 VW Polo front suspension knocking

Alanstrainor

Hey lads,

Just a quick one, i've been driving a 2003 VW polo 1.4 auto. And in the last couple of months have noticed a knocking noise whenever you hit a bump/go over speed ramps etc, it seems to be coming from the front right of the car. The car has quite low mileage, it covered ~4000 miles in the first 4 years of it's life, and now has just under 18000 miles. Any ideas of what it could be?

Cheers,

Al

colm_mcm

does the car nosedive under braking, it it excessively bouncy? could be a shock
More likely to be bushes or droplinks though, my money is on ARB links.

Alanstrainor

colm_mcm wrote: »

does the car nosedive under braking, it it excessively bouncy? could be a shock
More likely to be bushes or droplinks though, my money is on ARB links.

The car doesn't nose dive, and it's not excessively bouncy, well considering it's a small hatch it's going to have some bounce to it over bumps, but nothing major.
Cheers for the reply Colm, i was thinking perhaps it was the bushes. I'll have to get it checked out either way.

colm_mcm

Friend had the top mounts on her Polo changed, forgot to mention that.

hi_im_fil

I'd say droplinks. Sounds like the same kind of sound that I had coming from the front of my astra, I changed the droplinks and it solved the problem. Cheap enough to do, you could do it yourself in a few hours if you're handy with a spanner.