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Offline Mattyj

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Subframe knock
« on: 03 March 2015, 14:57 »
Apparently a common mk6 issue a pop,knock or crack can be heard from underneath the car its where the subframe moves slightly against the body,anyone else experienced this?
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Offline ajmoir36

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Re: Subframe knock
« Reply #1 on: 03 March 2015, 17:01 »
In the 80k I did in the mk6 I didn't come across it.
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Re: Subframe knock
« Reply #2 on: 03 March 2015, 17:35 »
I think i have it but i think its a result of the suspension work
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Re: Subframe knock
« Reply #3 on: 03 March 2015, 17:39 »
Maybe, did you lower in the end?
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Re: Subframe knock
« Reply #4 on: 03 March 2015, 17:54 »
Ohhhh yes imdid ;-) on air ;-)
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Re: Subframe knock
« Reply #5 on: 03 March 2015, 19:44 »
Quote from: Mattyj on 03 March 2015, 14:57
Apparently a common mk6 issue a pop,knock or crack can be heard from underneath the car its where the subframe moves slightly against the body,anyone else experienced this?

I think I have. Last Saturday I was pulling away uphill and there was a considerable clonk from under the car, I would say right under the gear lever. I thought I must have ran over  a brick something but there was nothing seen, weird, never happened before in 20k miles.
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Re: Subframe knock
« Reply #6 on: 03 March 2015, 23:34 »
There is a kit on ebay that has a link to an ecs tuning vid on youtube that explains it all
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Re: Subframe knock
« Reply #7 on: 04 March 2015, 06:01 »
Known issue, iirc you replace the bolts.
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Re: Subframe knock
« Reply #8 on: 04 March 2015, 20:32 »
Quote from: Snoopy on 04 March 2015, 06:01
Known issue, iirc you replace the bolts.

^^^ correct, either re-torque all your sub-frames bolts, if it happens again replace all bolts. The ECS kit is good, but not really needed.
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Re: Subframe knock
« Reply #9 on: 04 March 2015, 23:39 »
Iirc????
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