[bugged]

hey guys

driving home from work I got this cricket type noise from under the hood, when i accel'd it got louder and higher pitch, when I put my foot on the clutch it went away mainly when I was cruising about 60-80

any clues where to look

[Fatzook]

Cracked exhaust manifold?

Uncomfortable cricket?

[v.w.dave]

bugged wrote:

hey guys

driving home from work I got this cricket type noise from under the hood, when i accel'd it got louder and higher pitch, when I put my foot on the clutch it went away mainly when I was cruising about 60-80

any clues where to look

Your just a really boring person nature is just trying to tell you something....

[Fatzook]

Just thinking about this and it could be a noisy alternator bearing. You really need a mate to chuck his or her head under the bonnet and see if you can get a better fix on where it is coming from.

Peter

[bugged]

WTF VW dave???

[v.w.dave]

Jokes I was being funny..... You know the cricket noise in the back ground of a bad stand up comic act....

[Fatzook]

v.w.dave wrote:

Jokes I was being funny..... You know the cricket noise in the back ground of a bad stand up comic act....

Thats a matter of opinion

The penny drops

[bugged]

Yeah wish I could but it only happened between 60-80 bit hard to get your head under there when its moving,

Dont think its bearing like noise, will check the manifold out in the morning, may even get me some extractors if it is cracked.

[steak_knife]

Fatzook wrote:

v.w.dave wrote:

Jokes I was being funny..... You know the cricket noise in the back ground of a bad stand up comic act....

Thats a matter of opinion

The penny drops

& somewhere far, far away, A dog barked.

[Fatzook]

steknig wrote:

Fatzook wrote:

v.w.dave wrote:

Jokes I was being funny..... You know the cricket noise in the back ground of a bad stand up comic act....

Thats a matter of opinion

The penny drops

& somewhere far, far away, A dog barked.

LOL

[Fatzook]

bugged wrote:

Yeah wish I could but it only happened between 60-80 bit hard to get your head under there when its moving,

Dont think its bearing like noise, will check the manifold out in the morning, may even get me some extractors if it is cracked.

Which gear are you in when it happens? Try to replicate the noise at a lower speed in a lower gear at same RPM. This should apply the same load to the motor as when it happens at 60-80.

Pete

[steak_knife]

bugged wrote:

Yeah wish I could but it only happened between 60-80 bit hard to get your head under there when its moving,

Dont think its bearing like noise, will check the manifold out in the morning, may even get me some extractors if it is cracked.

was it any gear??

some time's a dry uni in the jack shaft can sound like that, being so short, the noise sound's like under the bonnet. Worth a look.

[v.w.dave]

You may have a clutch bearing or something going bad with how you say it goes away with the clutch in. If you find it isn't coming from the trans area I would be looking at your drive belt and everything it runs. As said above get a mate to put his head under the hood or do it yourself and have a look lissen and feel.

[BUZOOKA]

seeing as it only happens at speed u could most likely rule out ur belts

but u could give them a check just so u no you've covered the simple things as most times it seems to be the simple things we over look

just my 2 cents and now back to the shadows

[v.w.dave]

Fatzook wrote:

steknig wrote:

Fatzook wrote:

v.w.dave wrote:

Jokes I was being funny..... You know the cricket noise in the back ground of a bad stand up comic act....

Thats a matter of opinion

The penny drops

& somewhere far, far away, A dog barked.

LOL

Finally some of you got my humour....

[steak_knife]

v.w.dave wrote:

Fatzook wrote:

steknig wrote:

Fatzook wrote:

v.w.dave wrote:

Jokes I was being funny..... You know the cricket noise in the back ground of a bad stand up comic act....

Thats a matter of opinion

The penny drops

& somewhere far, far away, A dog barked.

LOL

Finally some of you got my humour....

Nope.............................................................

[bugged]

Ok guys

Thanks for you help

Just let you know my findings.

1. rear tailshaft uni screwed
2. spiggot bearing screwed
3. Exhaust gasket at manifold leaking

All going back together today I hope so hope the cricket stays in the back yard and not under my car

[brendan]

your lucky you got crickets in your car!.

ive had 2 fucking huge huntman spiders in my car! different times though.

i remeber the 2nd time, i was at a set of lights and my (girl) friend seen it and screamed! eveyone looking at us panicking we must ahve looked like a bunch of retards. anyway we took off and pulled over. after 5mins trying to get the fucker out i finaly managed get it out and it landed on the path, then a bird came and ate it

[bugged]

Its fixed. not crickets woo hoo!!!