Andy_B

Glasgow. I’m organising with a friend who has some tools and a trolley jack so we’re going to replace the top engine mount this week.

Yeah, it does seem to me to be narrowed down to something supporting the engine or gearbox at this stage just because of the symptoms. Just wish I had a lift or engine crane to sort this out properly.

Double post

I’m tempted to just replace the top right mount but it will be a few days until I can get round to doing that at least

The dog bone looks ok to me (and there’s a pic on this thread) but I’ll have to look into it further when I have help and tools. I’ll need to check the clutch engine interaction at that time as well. I can induce the noise to a small degree by pulling on the engine towards the front of the car but it doesn’t feel like there’s a lot of play in it.

The noise is there when I turn the engine over, I’m now thinking it has to be a mount but I need to get a friend over to help me diagnose it. Assuming this noise (which was never there before) is the cause of the issues, could it be at all drive related? It’s there whether the clutch is in or out.

I will when the sun is out, thanks. I think I’ve eliminated all bushes and mounts on the underside and suspension so I’ll have a look topside when I can.

No worries, it’ll be something different from my problem though if it doesn’t make the noise when changing gear. There’s something specific happening when the power is let off. I’m thinking it must be a mount as I can’t find an issue with the drivetrain or the steering components and there’s a noise on turnover. Perhaps play in the dog bone joint but I’ll have to investigate that further with the car on axel stands I think. bloody annoying when you don’t know what’s broke, isn’t it?

Steering rack is less than a year old and is polybushed (not for performance, just for cost effectiveness). The tyres are all fairly new Michelin PS4’s (again, don’t want to make it sound like I’m a boy racer, I just like to have the best tyres on my cars as possible for safety sake). does your car make the noise on turnover and when changing gear (the decelleration when changing gear seams to always cause the squeak on mine)?

Right, dog bone mount is fine. I’ve done a little more testing and there’s a noticeable squeak when turning the engine over which then stops except for perhaps a small rattle. This happens exactly the same whether the clutch is in or out. The car drives relatively noise free until decelerating and then a squeak can be heard momentarily.

It could potentially be that, I’ll have a look underneath the car later.

I should also say that the grinding starts immediately as soon as the car moves so it’s not something that’s only present at certain speeds or when turning but turning does make it worse.

Don’t worry about that, sometimes stating the obvious works wonders.I did have a check and the brakes are as they should be. I put new TRW discs and pads on all round this year and there doesn’t seem to be any problem there at all at the moment. The fact that there’s a squeak specifically when taking my foot off the throttle makes me think I can eliminate anything non-drive-related as well.

Hi, all. I’ve had a problem develop on my mk1 1.9 130 over the weekend. On Friday I had to give the car the beans from a standing start to get onto a very busy roundabout. While there was no wheel spin there was a bit of axle tramp at the front and I heard a loud thud which was quite like hitting a big pothole at speed. This left the car with a squeak when letting off the power which I was going to have a look at as I thought it might be a mount or something going slightly buggered. Before I had a chance to get under the car for a look, a grinding sound developed. It came on very fast rather than gradually. It’s a very heavy metal on metal sound that seemed to get a lot worse when turning at certain angles. Also when hitting bumps in the road on the front nearside. i took the nearside wheel off and checked for any obvious damage but couldn’t see any. I also checked the wheel for play and rolled the wheel to check the smoothness of the bearing. I don’t think the bearing could be in better condition, there’s no play at all and it’s smooth as can be. So my first probable cause of the noise went out the window with that. My current thought is the driveshaft as the CV joint isn’t making any clicking noises, etc. and it was put on only about a year ago. The issue definitely seems directly related to drive, is only coming from the front nearside and I can’t find any correlation with use of the clutch or gearbox. Any help would be very much appreciated. Hopefully somebody here has had similar issues and can give me some pointers. thanks. Andy