bit of a groan

i was driving home tonight sat on motorway at about 50-60 mph, and when i let my foot off the accelerator there seemed to be a bit of a groan it only did it when i let off the accelerator, am i being paranoid, any ideas,
its a 2003 3 door 1.8 with 48000 miles and fsh, cheers in advance

durham4416 said:

i was driving home tonight sat on motorway at about 50-60 mph, and when i let my foot off the accelerator there seemed to be a bit of a groan it only did it when i let off the accelerator, am i being paranoid, any ideas,
its a 2003 3 door 1.8 with 48000 miles and fsh, cheers in advance

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It was groanin.. wishin it wus a ferrari !!

any ideas anyone or am i just being paranoid

Does it do it every time you decelerate, or just the once ?

My 2004 TD4 does it now & again, sounds bloody awful but from reading other forums it's quite common, I've got the Mantec sump guard fitted which doesn't help apparently because the front is bolted to the monocoque & the back is bolted to the subframe. Mine does it when accelerating as well, it can go for a week or so without doing it then creaks like my artheritic knees for a few days. I think it is probably the anti roll bar bushes but I aren't too worried because it isn't getting any worse.

durham4416 said:

i was driving home tonight sat on motorway at about 50-60 mph, and when i let my foot off the accelerator there seemed to be a bit of a groan it only did it when i let off the accelerator, am i being paranoid, any ideas,
its a 2003 3 door 1.8 with 48000 miles and fsh, cheers in advance

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Wouldn't worry if it's just happened the once, might be worth looking at if it starts happening more though.

well iv only had it a week and i only noticed it the other day but i think its doing it everytime i de-accelerate now at around the 50 mph mark, could it be some of the bushes or is it diff or ird or something, cheers james

James,

Has a similar noise from my 2002 TD4. Paranoid that the ird was noisy!!

Ran it in to the garage and they ran it whilst on the ramps and diagnose the prop shaft bearing (front). Replaced both of them (there is one at the front and back of the VCU) and now its quiet again, must have been going for a while as its quieter than ever now.

Worth a look i'm sure.

how much did that cost you and did you get it done at the main dealers, cheers