a new noise any thoughts?

[KEENY]

ive have a new noise coming from the front of the car and i dont have a scooby as to what it could be.
it kinda sounds like the good old days when you used to put a plastic lid in the spokes of your push bike but this has a very metallic sound to it.
you only hear the sound when your pulling out/off and it only does it for about 5 minutes or so and then it goes away.
it doesnt do if your at a stand still and you reve the engine.

someone suggested it could be the exhaust ballers...baublers or whatever there called. but i have had the exhaust looked at and there is no sign or anything there. ive been qouted £108 for a non mitsi front and back box if i wanted to eliminate it being the problem. but its not a cheap fix.

so anyone else had this problem?

thanks for reading
keeny

[HPRULZ]

does it have grooved discs? I used to get a similar noise till I changed front pads as one was dragging slightly on the grooves and sounded exactly like the card in the spokes job! (and its cheap and easy to check).

Kev

[KEENY]

funny enough the discs have just been changed but i dont know if they had grooves in them as i got a garage to buy and fit them. but the noise does sound like its coming from the front drivers side.

thanks dude i'll check it out.

[bradc]

I'd jack it up and pop it into first gear then have a nosey around it. You can also take the wheels off to have a closer look as well.

[AlanDITD]

will poss be the shims catching the brake discs mate, it happened on a civic of mine, take it back its an easy fix if its that.

[KEENY]

would the shims stop catching after a few minutes of driving the car? as the noise stops after a few minutes.

[Subaru ETA]

will poss be the shims catching the brake discs mate, it happened on a civic of mine, take it back its an easy fix if its that.

i agree...sounds like a likley culprit

[KEENY]

i agree...sounds like a likley culprit


nop its not that..

[Davezj]

are you sure it not engine noise.

tappet are noisey and goes away after a short while.

sorry if it is obviously not this. but without hearing the noise it is a little difficult to diagnose.

[Soggy Llama]

I had a similar noise.......quite odd it was. Turned out, the inner wheel arch linings werent bolted together properly, and it was flapping around. Obviously, teh faster i went the more it flapped......a quick relocation of a higher bolt rectified that situation :)

[KEENY]

na its not tappets i cange the oil every 6 months which keeps that it check. but thanks for your suggestion and all suggestions. its these suggestions thats saves guys like me money.

thanks Soggy Llama i'll check it out.

[andyleaves]

It might be worth asking some on here like Nutter_John to have a look...
Not being funny but its not a CV Boot gone bye, bye's is it nah stupid you would have seen that anyway...
Is one of the brake or any other cable lose?
I know it sounds strange but at this point it might just be worth checking all the strange suggestions

[KEENY]

i will try and record the noise and post it on here.