Skoda Octavia intermittent noise / groan
Variant: 1.9TDI Ambiente 167000 Miles
Model Year: 2001
Categories:
Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
I am starting to get an intermittent noise / bearing noise from the L/H front when I am driving the Car. Last night in the course of a 20 Mile journey I probbly heard it a half dozen times and it probably lasts for anything between 10 and 30 seconds. I have taken off the L/h front wheel and the CV Boot seems fine and without any leaks. The wheel spins by hand in the same manner as the R/h side. Sometimes it is present just after changing gear but really it is just intermittent. In the course of the 20 Miles I probably drove for 10 Miles without any noise and this was mixed driving using the Gear's etc. Any suggestions and thanks for the help.
Posted: Mar 1, 2013 (11 years ago)
If a wheel bearing is gone it should be a constant noise , not coming in and out as you describe . You probably wont be able to spin wheel fast enough to hear if noisy or not .Sometimes you can feel the roughnes if bearing worn , but hard with fwd .Couple of suggestions , check g/box oil level .Also had a similar fault on a car when the wheel alignment was out and wheel was running slightly off causing a noise .Resetting tracking cured it .
Posted Mar 1, 2013 (11 years ago)
If the tracking suggestion doesn`t fix it, I would still suspect a wheel bearing- Probably just starting to go. Try driving along a quiet road and carefully move the steering left and right-this will put stress on each wheel and may increase the noise due to putting the bearing under load.
Posted Mar 1, 2013 (11 years ago)
If the noise is there when driving , flick the steering and put load on one side . If transferring the load ALLEVIATES the noise , that is the opposite side to check .If really bad you can play a tune by doing this as you drive !!
Posted Mar 1, 2013 (11 years ago)
It may just be tyre noise on varying road surface. Check condition of tyre aswell
Posted Mar 1, 2013 (11 years ago)
That,s a strange one ,but it is possible to get a wheel bearing noise at a precise road speed ,and it could be any one of four ,best way to check is with a stethoscope on the hub and get some one to spin the wheel.
Posted Mar 1, 2013 (11 years ago)
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