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Old May 4th 04, 05:29 PM
John Tresadern
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Default front suspension vibration

I have a 2001 156 1.8TS.
When cold, there is a nasty vibrating sound coming from the front
offside suspension around the area of the engine compartment bulkhead.
It seems to go away once you get going. What is the likely cause of
this - worn suspension bushes?
It seems to happen even when standing still.

any ideas?

Being serviced next week anyway but just wanted some idea of what it
might be.

John
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Old May 5th 04, 08:14 AM
Simon C
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Hi John

This may be a long shot, but if it is more of vibrating knocking noise get
the engine mounts checked out if it making the noise on idle.

I had mine replaced after just 8k miles and 8 months which helped the noise.
After that, I had the anti-roll bar, struts, mounts etc changed, which got
rid of the noise completely.

Simon C
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"John Tresadern" > wrote in message
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> I have a 2001 156 1.8TS.
> When cold, there is a nasty vibrating sound coming from the front
> offside suspension around the area of the engine compartment bulkhead.
> It seems to go away once you get going. What is the likely cause of
> this - worn suspension bushes?
> It seems to happen even when standing still.
>
> any ideas?
>
> Being serviced next week anyway but just wanted some idea of what it
> might be.
>
> John



 




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