quattro digest, Vol 1 #4557 - 15 msgs

[Larry C Leung]

Check the coil spring on the side that has the raised strut bearing cap.
There may be a piece of coil even resting on the spring perch on the
strut. My 4KQ had this happen at around 180k.

HTH!

LL - NY


> From: "Brady Moffatt" <bradym at sympatico.ca>
> To: "quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: loud bang in front heard/felt in 86 4kq. Help!
> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 23:21:19 -0500
>
> Hi All,
>
> I made the mistake of thinking and maybe even commenting out loud on
> how
> reliable my 4kq had been lately.
>
> Tonight when slowly pulling up to a stop sign, I heard/felt a loud
> metallic
> bang with a bit of an echo. I immediately pulled over and checked
> out the
> car. I pulled on the front wheels side to side and top to bottom.
> They're
> still tight. The I opened the hood. What I came up with is that the
> left
> front strut is now loose around the strut bearing cap. The nut for
> the
> cartridge is still tight. The car MAY be a bit lower than before on
> the
> front left. It also clunks loudly over bumps now.
>
> What happened? Did I break a spring (age unknown but the right front
> spring
> broke in the last year), or is it the strut bearing (one year old)?
> Something else?
>
> Cheers,
> Brady
> 86 4kq