Hello,
I have a b5 s4, im at about 140,000 km.. what is happening is usually when i accelerate from a stop or brake to a stop or even when i change gears i can hear the same kind of clunk noise it sounds like something is loose or something.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be? tranny mounts were recently replaced, car is very well kept in general.
Thanks.

 

Come out the next meet and we can figure it out! Forward me your contact information by clicking on my name and going to private message. I got a vag com maybe we can scan it and see if anything comes up. But by the sounds off it could it be the clutch dissingage and re-ingage???

 

its definetly not my clutch it sounds more like something banging together thats loose.. strange noise.
where are you located exactly?

 

nothing comes to mind, but try posting this on eurodrivers.ca or audiworld or audizine. lots of good tech advice.

 

Does it sound like the noise is coming from underneath you or underneath and slightly behind you? If so, inspect driveshaft joints, drive shaft mid mount bearing and rear diff mounts. When they wear, they start clunking under initial accel / decel.

 

feels like its coming from more to the front of the car, those are good tips and i'll have both those checked out, but after looking more i have a feeling its my control arms.. they're clicking from being worn out. but i'll check and let ya know thanks.

 

i would like to find use audi rims 2001 a4 1.8t thanks im in calgary s.e.

 

also need a paint job

 

Suggest to hoist the car and wiggle the front end components around with a pry bar while looking for loose joints or worn / torn bushings. Check front and back suspension.

Control arm kits are available for ~$500 from Mike at PureMS, ECS has em too for about $30 more. Be sure to get a kit with all new mounting hardware. Most of the arms are not hard to change and a dealer will charge you a fortune to do this work. One bolt is a bit of a bugger to get at but the rest should be straight forward.

 

yeah thats what i was going to do.. i'm going to have it checked out this week so we'll see if its the control arms or anything else.. thanks