Loud noise is so annoying can't drive on motorway it does my headache.

 

Is not tyres, not engine or gearbox. I though it might be wheel bearing, but apart from that noise I didn't experienced any other problems with the car accelerate and drives well.

I filmed the noise and I did put the gearbox to the neutral position just to see if the noise is not coming from the engine or gearbox and RPM goes down but the noise stays the same.

 

I've looked everywhere but didn't find anything.

 

Any Ideas

 

 

Edited 1 February, 20179 yr by Mateo

Sounds like a wheel bearing to me. My rear nearside bearing had to be changed a month or 2 ago. My car is a 58 plate with 100k miles on the clock.

If the pitch is altering with speed, which is the symptom i had, i would suggest getting it on a ramp and checked by a local garage you can trust.

My garage charged around 200 for the job.

Thanks

Edited 1 February, 20179 yr by Mateo

15 minutes ago, pdrisc said:

Sounds like a wheel bearing to me. My rear nearside bearing had to be changed a month or 2 ago. My car is a 58 plate with 100k miles on the clock.

If the pitch is altering with speed, which is the symptom i had, i would suggest getting it on a ramp and checked by a local garage you can trust.

My garage charged around 200 for the job.

 

 

Thanks mate like I though I will drop it to friendly garage tomorrow. I will keep you posted.

Edited 1 February, 20179 yr by Mateo

Good evening!

 

When you steering to left or right the noise is less? If yes, then wheel bearing for sure. To check it, lift each side and check your wheel, one of them will wobbling, I'm sure. 

Change both side at the same time, trust me, you save some money and time. 30mins job per side, I paid £160.

52 minutes ago, KrisztianUK said:

Good evening!

 

When you steering to left or right the noise is less? If yes, then wheel bearing for sure. To check it, lift each side and check your wheel, one of them will wobbling, I'm sure. 

Change both side at the same time, trust me, you save some money and time. 30mins job per side, I paid £160.

 

 

No difference if I steer left or right you can actually hear if there is any difference on that video while I'm changing lane but I can't hear any, anyway I will check bearing tomorrow, thanks

 

Whilst it sounds like a wheel bearing, if it's not changing pitch as you load each side of the car when steerinf, then I reckon it's the undertray or something loose underneath reverberating at motorway speeds. Certainly sounds awful

Edited 1 February, 20179 yr by SamsterXX

It could be very bad sawtooth wear on the tyres too. Rub your hand around the tread of each tyre - if the tyre feels smooth in one direction and has lots of sharp points in the other direction then it has sawtooth type wear. This seems to happen with some brands of tyres - I had it on Kumhos, but not on Dunlops, Avons or Michelins, and it sounds similar to a bad wheel bearing. What you have is the most extreme version I've ever heard of though. Check for something fouling the tyres or disks or possibly loose wheel arch liners (Which touch the tyres when they move under aerodynamic loads).

5 minutes ago, psycholist said:

It could be very bad sawtooth wear on the tyres too. Rub your hand around the tread of each tyre - if the tyre feels smooth in one direction and has lots of sharp points in the other direction then it has sawtooth type wear. This seems to happen with some brands of tyres - I had it on Kumhos, but not on Dunlops, Avons or Michelins, and it sounds similar to a bad wheel bearing. What you have is the most extreme version I've ever heard of though. Check for something fouling the tyres or disks or possibly loose wheel arch liners (Which touch the tyres when they move under aerodynamic loads).

 

I'd try rotating tyres too. Also check for signs of the brake discs getting scored by a trapped stone.

Hi I checked the car today and it is wheel bearing, front passenger side cost to replace it £180 part+labour. It will be fixed tomorrow so I give you my feedback. Thanks for your help

Ok so it was wheel bearing it drives "SUPERB" back again Thank you for your help

I'm wondering if I have a wheel bearing starting to be on its way out on the front of the car.

 

I notice it when going round left hand bends in that there seems to be a strange noise coming from the front passenger side of the car... The noise is related to the rotation of the wheel and isn't linked to engine speed etc.... and is best described as a slight grindy / rough noise that has a loud/quiet cycle through the course of one rotation of the wheels. As soon as I straighten up the steering wheel the noise is pretty much unnoticeable again.... If I go round a right hand bend the noise cannot be heard.... It's only when going around left handers I hear it....

 

I've checked the front tyres for uneven wear or catching etc.... and they both look fine (RS3's that have been on around a year or slightly more with plenty of tread).

 

I first noticed the noise a couple of months ago and it does seem to have got slightly more noticeable over that time which is why I was thinking the bearing on it's way out and getting worse.

 

I've not had the car up on the trolley jack as yet to check as been busy with work etc.... I'm planning on lifting the drivers side front first and spinning that etc.... to see how it rotates then immediately moving the jack over to the other side to then do the same on the suspect faulty side to compare the two etc...

 

The car has done 56k and is 6 years old.

Edited 7 April, 20179 yr by WaveyDavey

I've had both front wheel bearings done on Taz this last month. First one was done and then about 2 weeks later the second started rumbling!  

 

 

Such a different car with them done and almost silent. Well apart from the diesel clatter when under load. It's much poorer than previous petrol in those situations. 

 

It did sound like poor tyres to begin with.