QLD: Noisy rattling MK2 engine / Intro into the MK2 scene.

[Salkow]

Well here i am again… Been a good run for a while! But of course wheres the fun in not having car troubles…!
Had my work ute taken off me so decided to give the golf a decent run out to ipswich yesterday. Got there no worries and she was going great! Until the drive home… Started to notice a clunky/tapping sound at certain revs on deceleration and maybe on a slight turning angle. This is all coming from what sounds to be the front right where the belts or front right wheel is.
I have had a poke around and checked wheel bolts and the cv boot to see if anything looks suss. But nothing out of the ordinary..
Have driven it around casually and it has gotten substantially louder on slow deceleration speeds/revs.
Any ideas what this can be?
Wondering if the engine mounts are so shot that they could be causing this issue. About to drive it around the corner to a mechanic to ask these questions and hopefully demonstrate it.

[Salkow]

Quick resolution wheel bearing was a bit loose!
Time for some new wheel bearings it appears!


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[sports racer]

The nut to hold on the wheel bearing has to be as tight as you can get it. I use a piece of pipe about 2 metres long over the end of the ratchet. The best I heard of was a 3 metre bar with 4 guys on it.

You can't over tighten it

Cheers

Paul

[ryana89]

You can't over tighten it

x2 with Paul.
Get your fattest mate/neighbor/family member to stand on the biggest extension you can find.

[Salkow]

It's absolutely killing me trying to work out this cold start issue!
Starts fine, drops a bit in idle due to what i think is lack of voltage(battery light is on sometimes on start up, press accelerator and disappears). Test voltage and all seems fine… Have replaced the ICV, Blue temp sensor and really don't know where to go from now.
Runs rough until car becomes warm, almost sounds as if car is camming then will just rev up a touch and smooth right out.
ANYONE experienced this before? Don't know what to doooooooooooo!

[sports racer]

Sounds like you might need some specialist help.

Give JMAC a call and get it on his diagnostic machine.

[Salkow]

Well what a long/frustrating/rewarding journey this has been...
Since about August last year this process became real when I bought the setup from a guy over in WA.
Bits came out of a tidy mk3 vr6 and eventually made there way to me after a huge wait due to his replacement coils taking forever to arrive.

Since about the start of January i began this install... And what an absolute PIA it was..
But I got there! [emoji16]
So stoked with the outcome apart from definitely needing much smaller tyres to run the Fitment that I want. (In the weeds [emoji12])
But eventually trying line up a set of work equip 01's or 03's when I find the right set.

Here's some photos of the process.
Oh and mechanically car is still running super average.. Idling high and sketchy start up. But hey... Damn it looks good! Haha

[sports racer]

Congrats. That must be the first air ride MK2 in Australia.

How well does it ride?

[Salkow]

I would potentially think so? [emoji16]

Still a bit of fine tuning with levels to get it right but so far pretty good. Bit bumpy but that's due to finding right pressures.

[ryana89]

That wheel/tyre combo fills out the arches puuuurfectly.
Mint.

[Salkow]

Thanks mate!