Hi all, my 02 octy vrs has a strange creaking noise coming from the front suspension area, its most noticable under acceleration up to 40mph, occasionally when over rough roads and sometimes when turning. Had skoda garage check car out and they said possibly the arb as it looked rusty.

Now i did change fhe bushes 2 years ago and got rid of the plastic sleeves for the arb mod.

You can definatley hear a creak when closing the drivers door harder than normal. Its def not a broken spring or drop link related.

Can anyone confirm whether the garage's diagnosis could be right? Or give any clues to what else it could be? Its proving difficult to diagnose the fault.

Dan

Bushes dry out quite frequently, worth trying a bit copper grease or similar just to rule that out?

Failing that if its deffinately not the things you ruled out I'd say look at wish bone bushes?!

Hth

Thanks i will try that. You can hear noise even when the car is idling. Im convinced it could be exhaust related. Or rather the exhaust vibrations are resonating another component somewhere

Yeah the centre mount weld on the exhaust can break as well but seems to be more of a knocking noise

Bushes dry out quite frequently, worth trying a bit copper grease or similar just to rule that out?

Failing that if its deffinately not the things you ruled out I'd say look at wish bone bushes?!

Hth

+1

Though avoid using copper grease in bushes this is the cause of bushes also wearing as copper grease has fine particles in it that cause wear.