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33bits
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 Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject: An Annoying Squeak!!!!! |
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I drove a friends s3 16v today to try to locate the cause of a squeak when going over bumps. It seems to be coming from the n/s/f corner. I went straight for the lower ball joint, greased it up, lubricated as many moving suspension parts as i could see & went out for another drive. Squeak still there!!
After a short while of head scraching we solved it! I was very surprised by the cause, I'll buy anyone a pint if they get it right, get guessing guys.
(only clue i'll give you is it was indeed coming from the n/s/f corner of the car).
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lee16v
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Loose light assembly?
Hope I'm right.....could murder a pint right now! |
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JeremyC
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Passenger seat belt latch (mine squeaks when there isn't a belt in it so I have to drive around with the belt done up).
(Do you work nights Lee?)
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john 33_16v
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Mouse in Glovebox?
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JeremyC
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Gordon Brown in the glovebox?
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BigAl
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| JeremyC wrote: |
Passenger seat belt latch (mine squeaks when there isn't a belt in it so I have to drive around with the belt done up).
(Do you work nights Lee?) |
JC i get the same thing, i push mine all the way forward or backward, so it touches the seat, oh the little bits of owing an alfa lol.
Loose top mount?
Seized shock?
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baldy
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anti roll bar bush!  |
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flat4alfa
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lee16v
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| JeremyC wrote: |
(Do you work nights Lee?) |
I'm affraid so Jeremy. Actually I'm getting used to it now after 5ish months.....Could still do with that pint though! 
I like your Gordon Brown idea although I'd be more inclined to think that would cause an annoying whine.
Spare seatbelt rattle.........me too! |
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bobbber
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A foreign object, like a ball or something stuck in the bodywork?
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paulhide
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A squeaking squeaky thing, loose wheel, brake assembly, loose wing, a stray sheep jammed in the suspension, a broken spring, bumper assembly, loose horn, a stray tool, a lost aural hallucination. I give up, put us out of our misery.
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Oggie
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Is it the sound of all 33 customers tenners in your back pocket trying to get out!
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flat4alfa
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arch liner?
that flimsy wing brace that bolts onto the rearmost bumper mount?
an Afghan dissident?
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JeremyC
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Sorry did I say Gordon Brown, you must forgive me. I'm always getting the words 'squeak' and 'shit' mixed up.
Come on Alex, put us out of our misery.
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33bits
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All good guesses guys, but all wrong. The cause was in fact the bottom of the windscreen!! it wasn't bonded in place so it was rubbing on the top of the dash area. Serious rust had got under the screen & all the bonding solicone type stuff had vanished.
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bobbber
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: Re: An Annoying Squeak!!!!! |
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| 33bits wrote: |
| It seems to be coming from the n/s/f corner. |
Uh... Alex... nice clue! Remind me to use you just for parts and not diagnostics!
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33bits
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He he he he he he, well it was the bottom left hand corner of the screen Bobber.
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lee16v
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Alex, that was a squeak clue.
I suffer from the same problem as Jeremy I guess!
Paul, you must be desperate for a pint too..........not many possibles you left out there! |
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33bits
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Yeah i thought Paul did kind of shotgun the answers out, good tactics for a free drink!
It was repaired but the owner didn't have time to do it properly. All i could do was to ring my friendly windscreen fitter guy, (who is amazing as Paul can verify, he fitted the screen in your P4 Paul with the modified wider seal) he removed the screen, cleaned up behind there & re fitted the glass with a new seal.
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