Found the cause of a rattle when it went bang...

[VW BUSH]

Had a rattle, it went bang and pulled the intake off so the car died.....
Limped it to the garage to take a look and found the front mount bracket had snapped
So off to work with the welder.....


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On the bench clamping it up

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New Bush wagon making a preview, can you tell what it is?

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Bracket blasted back together

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No money spent!
Result

[Adam]

That happened to me on a Corrado, got that horrible sinking feeling and the sound of the wife saying "That sounded expensive" in my ear...not well.

[Gti_Jamo]

I've had that too....for me the primary cause was the rear mount breaking causing the front bracket to snap, broke the lug off the starter too.

[VW BUSH]

I've had that too....for me the primary cause was the rear mount breaking causing the front bracket to snap, broke the lug off the starter too.

Lugs gone off the starter too, cant be arsed with welding it back on as it only needs to last a few weeks.
Just goes to show rattles always get worse.....