bonging sound!!

[Slim m]

Hi peep's,
Every time i wash my s2 I get a funny bonging sound coming from the front of the car! It sounds a bit like the ARB or the springs being twanged by something!!
Like i say it happens more if the car is wet from rain or just after it's ben washed, sometimes when i pull of in a straight line but more when i am turning out of a junction (left or right).
anyone had anything that sounds the same.

Ta! Liam

[S2Ian]

id say its your lower arm bushes, or ur top mounts, i get the same things and both of mine are knackered

[Slim m]

[QUOTE=S2Ian;231529]id say its your lower arm bushes, or ur top mounts, i get the same things and both of mine are knackered[/QUOTE

Im waiting for some promounts from Quattronics at the mo! so that might fix it, Lower arms have new bushes already.

[Jas11n]

Agree, topmounts shot. They are allowing the spring to slightly move in it's seats, then snaps back. Boing!

Jas..

[HPmuirt]

DOH! Beaten by Jas as always

Every time i wash my s2 I get a funny bonging sound coming from the front of the car!

The noise is your springs moving on the seat pans. This is usually caused by knackered top mounts, but it is the spring making the noise. And the cure? Well that's obvious.....

......Don't wash your car

Cheers n

Si

[Jas11n]

DOH! Beaten by Jas as always

Yeah, I just nipped in 36 minutes before you

And the cure? Well that's obvious.....

......Don't wash your car

Cheers n

Si

Just like you eh? :mischeif:

[HPmuirt]

Yeah, I just nipped in 36 minutes before you

Hey, time is relative matey! And since when was I EVER on time for anything

Just like you eh? :mischeif:

Hell yes, whilst you guys are all out there every Sunday up to your elbows in cold dirty water, I'm laying on the settee watching the Grand Prix

Also, what is with the names of the bizarre kit you all use?...PC's, 2 bucket technique (that MUST be a double entendre), shammy leathers, gay bars, spit 'n' polish etc.....sounds damn dodgy to me matey

Cheers n

Si

[Slim m]

DOH! Beaten by Jas as always


The noise is your springs moving on the seat pans. This is usually caused by knackered top mounts, but it is the spring making the noise. And the cure? Well that's obvious.....

......Don't wash your car

Cheers n

Si

very funny!!!!!!

[Crawford_S2]

Could be ARB drop links, had a bong noise on my last coupe and the ARB drop links were all seized up, used to make a spring type bong noise when i turned the wheels as the body of the drop link used to twist instead of the ball joint moving, then when they did you got the noise. Don't remember it getting worse when i washed it though, but then i didn't do that often!

Not saying it is that but worth a look when you are doing the top mounts cos eventually one of the joints failed and the whole thing was flapping around, not good!

[Matt_D]

My car made this bong noise, i found out whilst changing my top mounts that the inner slotted nut had worked loose by a fair bit and the spring was not secure

[4WheelDrifter]

It's pretty common for the top mounts to work loose. This will have a similar effect to shot top mounts. But if you're lucky it can be cured by simply tightening them up correctly, using a special tool of course.

[4WheelDrifter]

using a special tool of course.

And I don't mean chasing the nuts around with a screwdriver. You know who you are.