Lude Generation

Help!!

Now i have your attention...

I have some really annoying noise, sounds a bit like 2 bits of metal rattling/grinding against each other coming from the rear

Seems to happen only when engine is cold/colder and usually when driving uphill or over bumpy surfaces

When i put the clutch in and rev, no noise.
When i coast anywhere out of gear, no noise.
When the engine etc is warmed up for 10mins,no noise.


Annoying me greatly, i think its maybe the exhaust but its hard to explain....

Sounds like a squeaky...grindy....rattle?

Dear god help

It's the left falangee.

rear break pads worn down or squeal shims rubbing

prelude91 wrote:rear break pads worn down or squeal shims rubbing

Rear brakes do need looked at but as i said, only when engine is cold and driving, not once when breaking

RattyMcClelland wrote:It's the left falangee.

Im assuming thats a pisstake and not actually some unheard of honda part lmao

have you checked if the jack in the boot is in its housing tight?

mercutio wrote:have you checked if the jack in the boot is in its housing tight?

Actually a good point

Its a gold colored one that had never been used, never even looked at it since i first bought the car

when cold metal shrinks slightly might just give it enough room to move?

I also had a rattle from an indeterminate location in the rear (ooer, missus). I suspected the heatshield, but that seemed OK. Yesterday, the noise changed, as if dragging a bit of plastic. When that stopped, the first sound didn't come back.

I can't see that anything's missing, though. Those falangees are awkward little buggers, aren't they?

found on a road in hampshire the bumper from a 5g lude