*click* when you get off the gas

Nugget64 · 08-14-2011, 07:57 PM

So.. I hear a mechanical *click* from the rear of the car whenever I let off the gas in first gear... Any ideas what this might be??

So: put the car into 1st.. let off the clutch and drive it to 10km/h and then let off the gas.. *click*.. get on the gas.. let back off.. *click*... doesn't seem to happen in anything other than 1st gear

Thanks

T i h o r · 08-14-2011, 07:59 PM

Wonder if it has anything to do with the exhaust valve actuator? (golf tee mod)

WWONG · 08-14-2011, 08:03 PM

Where does the click sound like it's coming from?

Nugget64 · 08-14-2011, 08:10 PM

i have a 325.. no golf tee mod.. it kinda sounds like its coming from the rear/bottom of the car.. and its a quick metallic tick..

DC_Oldboy · 08-14-2011, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by T i h o r

Wonder if it has anything to do with the exhaust valve actuator? (golf tee mod)

I thought it was only the 330's and 335's that can do the golf tee mod?

bumere90 · 08-14-2011, 08:25 PM

I hear the same click on my car, but only when the car is cold.

Nugget64 · 08-14-2011, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bumere90

I hear the same click on my car, but only when the car is cold.

hmm.. ill check that out tomorrow and post my results..

Nugget64 · 08-15-2011, 10:07 PM

okay.. so I tested it out this morning and I think my *click is there all the time and is not a cold related thing

bmwv · 02-13-2013, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Nugget64

okay.. so I tested it out this morning and I think my *click is there all the time and is not a cold related thing

i have exactly the same problem. Did you find out what is it?

MrQuickR1 · 02-13-2013, 05:57 PM

Either the guibo joint is wearing out or the drive shaft? I hear it too and it's pretty pronounced when I had the rear passenger wheel off the ground and turned it back and forth by hand you can really hear it

bmwv · 02-13-2013, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MrQuickR1

Either the guibo joint is wearing out or the drive shaft? I hear it too and it's pretty pronounced when I had the rear passenger wheel off the ground and turned it back and forth by hand you can really hear it

what part of the dive shaft has any wear? the joint looked ok but it could be.

fravel · 02-13-2013, 09:08 PM

Wheel bearing?

07lilredwagon · 02-13-2013, 09:43 PM

Maybe process of elimination to start with....though with components under load sometimes its hard to tell....

start with the wheel off, wiggle everything that you think it could be, including brake lines, exhaust shields, drive shafts, and definitely the struts/shocks/springs...

Rear diff?.....drive shaft? suspension point?...exhaust mount? those are my guesses if nothing else is loose....

JP

MrQuickR1 · 02-13-2013, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bmwv

what part of the dive shaft has any wear? the joint looked ok but it could be.

Not the shaft itself but the ends I was reffering to.
I always felt like the brakes were sticking too it's weird. I'll have to have someone be in the car and me outside to try and pinpoint the noise

07lilredwagon · 02-14-2013, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MrQuickR1

Not the shaft itself but the ends I was reffering to.
I always felt like the brakes were sticking too it's weird. I'll have to have someone be in the car and me outside to try and pinpoint the noise

It could be the brake caliper or pad retaining clip...but the caliper bolts dont usually loosen up.....which could cause the noise....

Pad clip might be out of alignment...but kinda doubt it...

If the caliper is not closing on the pad on one side...it could cause a noisy pad condition when the driving forces change........

So it does not happen when you get on the gas...just as you are letting off, right?.....hmmmm

The car does not pull when you brake, does it?.....

I still think its in the suspension....

JP

bmwv · 02-14-2013, 10:46 AM

for me it happens on and off gas. but does not happen after shift. there has to a change in the direction of the force on the drive shaft like engine braking and getting on the gas again.

DUI Elite · 02-14-2013, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by DC_Oldboy

I thought it was only the 330's and 335's that can do the golf tee mod?

335's only.

ashmostro · 02-14-2013, 10:53 AM

Diff mount worn out.

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Nugget64 Banned 18 Rep 282 Posts Drives: 325i Sport Pkg Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	i have a 325.. no golf tee mod.. it kinda sounds like its coming from the rear/bottom of the car.. and its a quick metallic tick..
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bumere90 Grozniy 177 Rep 2,602 Posts Drives: Carless Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: FL iTrader: (12)	I hear the same click on my car, but only when the car is cold. __________________ -fatman
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Nugget64 Banned 18 Rep 282 Posts Drives: 325i Sport Pkg Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	okay.. so I tested it out this morning and I think my *click is there all the time and is not a cold related thing
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MrQuickR1 Second Lieutenant 41 Rep 284 Posts Drives: 2011 328i Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NJ iTrader: (0)	Either the guibo joint is wearing out or the drive shaft? I hear it too and it's pretty pronounced when I had the rear passenger wheel off the ground and turned it back and forth by hand you can really hear it
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07lilredwagon Captain 40 Rep 679 Posts Drives: 07 328 wagon Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: New York iTrader: (0)	Maybe process of elimination to start with....though with components under load sometimes its hard to tell.... start with the wheel off, wiggle everything that you think it could be, including brake lines, exhaust shields, drive shafts, and definitely the struts/shocks/springs... Rear diff?.....drive shaft? suspension point?...exhaust mount? those are my guesses if nothing else is loose.... JP
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bmwv Second Lieutenant 108 Rep 234 Posts Drives: 325i Manual, M2 LBB DCT Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: CA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2017 BMW M2 [0.00] 2006 BMW 325i [0.00]	for me it happens on and off gas. but does not happen after shift. there has to a change in the direction of the force on the drive shaft like engine braking and getting on the gas again.
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ashmostro Brigadier General 1251 Rep 4,087 Posts Drives: 2020 M4cs \| 2022 M550i Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Falls Church, VA iTrader: (27)	Diff mount worn out.
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