Has this issue for a while now (4 months) - ever since I got some poly bushes fitted to my front and rear wishbones. I have had the car into two garages - One is an Audi Specialist the other is a guy who has a good rep for working on VW/Audi cars.
The noise is coming from the front end and you can hear it more when driving slower, like pulling up to junctions. At first i thought it was the brakes catching but have been checked and its not that.
First garage had a look and couldn't find anything even though they could hear the noise. I took a trip to Center Parcs one weekend and with driving slow around site the nose sounded terrible. I had a quick look and noticed a load of grease on the inner cv joint (Bingo!!) I thought this was the fault. Changed it.... still doing it!
The second garage had the car over a week, he went though everything he could think of -
-Track rods
-Ball joints
-Drive shafts
-Brakes
-ARB
-All the bolts attaching subframe
-Wheels
-Struts
All he found was a loose heat shield which was touching the drive shaft very slightly. Reshaped it and was still there.
Now upon picking the car up I drove it for a few days and the noise was hardly there - the guy said he's had it up on the lift most of the time, which makes me think it relax's something and when driving on the road it settles back in.
The guy was very kind and didn't charge the earth for his time and said that nothing is going to drop off and everything seems to be where it should be.... it could be more internal? like your quattro system or diff.
Ive been having a search on here and I believe the propshaft bearings can be changed? the noise is more excessive when more people are in the car too.
Sorry for the long write up just trying to find out what this noise can be!
Cheers Rich
The noise is coming from the front end and you can hear it more when driving slower, like pulling up to junctions. At first i thought it was the brakes catching but have been checked and its not that.
First garage had a look and couldn't find anything even though they could hear the noise. I took a trip to Center Parcs one weekend and with driving slow around site the nose sounded terrible. I had a quick look and noticed a load of grease on the inner cv joint (Bingo!!) I thought this was the fault. Changed it.... still doing it!
The second garage had the car over a week, he went though everything he could think of -
-Track rods
-Ball joints
-Drive shafts
-Brakes
-ARB
-All the bolts attaching subframe
-Wheels
-Struts
All he found was a loose heat shield which was touching the drive shaft very slightly. Reshaped it and was still there.
Now upon picking the car up I drove it for a few days and the noise was hardly there - the guy said he's had it up on the lift most of the time, which makes me think it relax's something and when driving on the road it settles back in.
The guy was very kind and didn't charge the earth for his time and said that nothing is going to drop off and everything seems to be where it should be.... it could be more internal? like your quattro system or diff.
Ive been having a search on here and I believe the propshaft bearings can be changed? the noise is more excessive when more people are in the car too.
Sorry for the long write up just trying to find out what this noise can be!
Cheers Rich