rattle on suspension?

[wardie]

ive got a golf 98 mk4 turbo.   When driving along down a normal road and go over bumps there is like a rattle/ bang comeing from the front?  My old man has pushed the car up and down in all four courners and sed its feels ok?  My dad knows a bit bout cars but not a expert by all means.  So if somebody cud help cus it is doing my sweed in

[GolfGL]

Is it a high mileage car or lowered at all?
Could be an exhaust or a exhaust hanger loose, possibly top mounts on the suspension whihc you can do a quick test on by pushin harshly down on the four corners of the car and listen out for the noise.

[Ivor Mk4 Turbo]

Jack the front wheels up & shine a torch up the spring/shock assembly, & check that the spring's are not snapped, or there's no fluid leaking out the shocks.

[Ivor Mk4 Turbo]

ps Is the suspension standard?

[GazB]

Middle exhaust bracket will have broken at the weld, common on MK4, if you shake the exhaust from the back you will hear it.  Its hard to see without a ramp, but I'm pretty sure thats what it is

[wardie]

cheers for the replys lads.  the car is standard without lower suspension and only got 89k on the clock

[charri42]

Could be a snapped susp spring. Mine made that noise, about an inch snapped off the upper coil and rested in the cup type thing on the shock and rattled like mad.