weird noise from the front

[Guest tkch55]

yesterday wen i was driving my car, an r32 gtst, it started to make a weird upleasant noise from the front right, and then not long after that the hicas light came on.... the noise generates when the car drives across bumpy roads or when the car turns, it was especially obvious wen i turn right, but somehow it got worse and in the end the sound just comes on wenever i turn left or right... can't really describe the sound but it's simillar to wen opening an old heavy door... anyone possibilly know what this is by any chance?

[Mr GTS4]

i would suggest getting under the car and tigtening every nu and bolt on that side of the car and using silocon spray on all the bushes and joints.. if that don't work if could be something like your ball joints. i have a sound coming from the left side and have tried many things to fix it, 3 different pro's have looked at it, and all of them have said " i don't know mate".

have fun

[Guest tkch55]

thanx for the reply, i've gone through other threads and found out it could be loose guards too.. i'll definitely get it checked tomorrow, problem is i'll have to bring the car to my mechanic, which requires access to freeway, do you reckon it's safe to drive it tho?

having the hicas light coming on is quite concerning me too.. the thought of having the front wheel coming off while driving is really scary

[Mr GTS4]

trust me having every bolt off under there and nothing move's... i've tried. hehehe but yeah, just be safe and tighten everything up and spray it too.

[FATGTS-R]

This is a long shot and you probably have already checked, but have you looked to see if your power steering fluid is low?

I know the hicas light appears when this is low. And the noise might just be things groaning because it is low on fluid.

[Guest tkch55]

just took the car to my mechanic today and couldn't see much obvious points as to why it was making the noise, (it didn't make any noise at all today!) my mechanic realised that the brake is a bit funny so he's gonna machine it and put on new pads, the suspension will also be taken apart and put back on again just to make sure every bolts are on tight

as for the power steering, he picked up that it's leaking a bit, and thats getting fixed too

hopefully that'll fix the all the problems

thanx for ur advise guys!

just to share a few things with u guys, found out today that my previous r32 (already written off) was a cut and shut import... thats why the chassis twisted a bit wen the car was hit at the back <- therefore a writeoff

how dodgy was that car.....

[Guest tkch55]

well, i took the car to my mechanic's workshop and got it back yesterday

didn't make any noise on my way there and back, car was fine when he drove it and hicas was working fine..

had a few minor problems with the car and he got that fixed, n pwr steer leak was fixed

but today when i was driving, i heard the noise again!

i started to realise that the noise goes on and off, like squeaking kind of noise

my shocks are quite new, they're aftermarket shocks, my mechanic reckons there's no problems with it at all, he also took them out and reinstalled them just to make sure the shocks are on tight.

some points about the noise

1.squeaking noise

2. it's on and off

3. when noise occurs, right foot on accelerator pedal can feel something.. like a bit of vibration, not very obvious but not ignorable, today's real rainy in sydney and when the noise started, the rain was so big i couldn't hear the noise, but instead i felt the vibration... then i started to realise the noise

done a search and sounds like it could be something's loose

but seems like everything's on pretty tight

or would it be something needs to be lubricated?

checked a few jap sites and seems like that's another possibility

would worn bushes make squeaking noise?

i know it's kind of worn since my steering wheel leans a bit towards the left when driving straight

however, from other threads it seems like worn bushes make a knocking noise?

hicas light only ever came on once, however that was when the noise was the loudest

pwr steering fluid level's ok.. but thanx for ur advise tho FATGTS-R

have to say, only just bought the car last week with hard saved cash and this kind of trouble occuring really depresses me badly

Mr Gts4, did your problem sound simillar to mine? if so then probably have to undo everything on the right and put it back again

anyone else had the same problem? what did you do to fix it?

cheers

[Mr GTS4]

you wouldn't really need to take everyhting off, just go over every bolt you see under and tighten it up really tight. on mine it was 2 bolts on the left side that connect like a link between the left and right hubs. there are two bolts on either side. they located near where the bottem control arm connects to the chassis. also buy a can of silcon spray and use that on all your bushs. like control arm, sway bar links, and underneath the car aswell.. worked for me

see if that works.

Curt

[Guest tkch55]

thanx a lot for ur advice Curt, i tried that and the sound hasn't appear since then

cheers!