Alan is so near the reason but no cigar I'm afraidWell I had a knock that evaded both me and my independent Audi garage. Took it to WOM and Rob immediately said it's the top rear mounts. I had just changed the shocks and springs but not the top mounts as I thought they were solid. But Rob showed me they are actually 2 metal halves with a rubber between. Mine had been knocking since the last full overhaul of the suspension. Must of been cheep duds.
NopeExhaust flexi on the tunnel after a welded repair?
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Ahh so not the top mounts the actual shaft top not. Makes perfect sense! Shame no one just checked it when doing top mount check!! JoyNope, it was a loose nut on the front strut at the top, somehow it had either come loose or just settled over the year after fitting, the other side strut nut was also a bit loose but not allowing movement up and down.
The top mount will only make itself known when the spring starts to boing as far as I know, the main nut at the top if loose will make the whole shock to move up and down causing the tap/ knock over slight bumps. Tightening the nut up will stop it moving up and down.Ahh so not the top mounts the actual shaft top not. Makes perfect sense! Shame no one just checked it when doing top mount check!! Joy
I wonder if that's what I've got going on with my Crystal TDI? WOM did the suspension about 5 years ago. Not all the time, but I do get what sounds like springs settling after some bumps especially with changes in camber.The top mount will only make itself known when the spring starts to boing as far as I know, the main nut at the top if loose will make the whole shock to move up and down causing the tap/ knock over slight bumps. Tightening the nut up will stop it moving up and down.
Today I spent an illuminating couple of hours at @Ami ‘s workshop where I watched and learned as he did a bit of fettling on my FSi. First up he replaced the body colour grille with a black one that is the first stage of the transition back to the full authentic colourstorm look. On top of that he helped to (hopefully) fix the intermittent oil sensor warnings I’ve been getting. He had reason to believe it was likely to be caused by dirty contacts on the sensor and sure enough upon disconnecting it they were indeed filthy. I’d read it could also have been caused by a non-OEM sensor however we found it was a genuine one. I learned what a ****of a job refitting the undertray is. Also he managed to fix one of the rear seats which refused to fold. As suspected it was caused by the base not having been pushed completely flat so one of the catches hadn’t engaged, but he was much more successful than I was at fixing it. Finally he plugged in his scanner, as much out of interest as anything (still no recurrence of the EML), and it’s still showing the same 2 faults as before but neither seem to be causing any real issue as she’s running beautifully.
Many thanks to @Ami for generously giving up a large slice of his Saturday afternoon to help me out.
She’s booked in the paint shop this week… pictures of her reversion to colourstorm will follow.
looks Fantastic Malcolm, well done .I promised photos… here they are, fresh back from the paintshop. She needs a good general clean and polish now, and inevitably the work has made some of the blemishes on the original paint work look a bit worse, but I’m very pleased. Huge improvement on the previous look don’t you think?
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I think the ones I have just taken out are from a 1.9, so probably not Johny.. I’ve got a new gasket, some am going to put the old tandem pump back on sometime and see what that does..Are you going to swap the injectors for the ones on your hard starter?