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Me too :/ i took it out for a run after that work, nothing major happened but i'm going to get the advisories checked out tomorrow then give it a longer run. Not convinced yet but I want to get the advisories checked out independently before I go on the longer run. Especially after you guys said gearbox and my local mechanic too.

So for the hordes of interested folk. I went to Central Audi & VW and they found a fuel temp sensor disconnected and replaced that and gave me advisories on a few other things, possibly related inner CV boot insecure. They said the thing in the video seems pretty normal from their experience. Of course without a long run on the motorway to replicate the noise nothing is guaranteed. But they said the disconnected fuel temp sensor could cause pinking, which could be the source of the noise when I'm on the motorway for a good while.

Long shot.. did you find anybody?

Shame you're all the way up in Durham! Anybody know a trustworthy place in or near Birmingham? If not, what do you think of Awesome GTI near Manchester, I had some work done there in the past and they were really good.

I narrowed the noise found in the video I posted to there, as you all know better than me.. the gear box. So… is that where the diff is (nb i'm a complete amateur so don't laugh) ( )

I think you're making sense there mate. Unfortunately it's the uncertainty that's annoying me! I know when we had it on the ramp I narrowed down the source of the noise caused by moving the wheels to the gearbox. But from the video I posted does that make sense? Or is that potentially not what is giving me grief on the motorway when the car has been on the go for 45/50 minutes. It doesn't happen until then at least. But if i take a break it doesn't seem to help, it'll come eventually. I went on the motorway over the last two days but short journeys, 20 and 35 minutes. Nothing happened, but then nothing happened before until further along

Yours is a higher tick compared to mine. Mine is like a low knock increasing with speed but otherwise similar time to yours

Rich, the diff? I'm not good at all with mechanical terms, differential something or other? Sorry.. I'm an amateur!

Struggling to find "timmus" but i've read a few threads about 6 speed upgrades now. I have an update. I was sent to a vw specialist, middlemore volkswagen in birmingham, by my friend who has a big diesel/injector garage but doesn't do gearboxes. (It was at his place we recorded the video above and him and his worker said gearbox…) After leaving the car with them, on return they gave me a cheap option which may work: Gearbox oil drain and change Two front wheel bearings Front shocks Wishbone rubbers/bushes £400 all in. And they'd try to get a gearbox if that didn't resolve it. One of them told me to look on ebay to get an idea of the price but the boss looked on some polish website. Anyway, I went away to work out what to do. They seem really nice guys. Went to my friend's place and he said no I don't think it's any of those things but the gearbox oil change we can do tomorrow and that may well help. If it's only occurring under load after the car is well warmed up it could be thin oil. He disagreed about the bushes/shocks/wheel bearings. But he said that's probably just a bit of a fallback guarantee for those guys and I have seen other people have that recommended to them when they've had similar experiences. I hate garages. I always go to my friend for stuff he can do as I trust him. I know there are a lot of great places, I just don't know which they are, bar one or two good experiences with volksworks and awesome. I have emailed awesome about this but they haven't replied. So in lieu of finding somebody trustworthy with a gearbox/ who can do that big job… my mechanic will change the gearbox oil tomorrow. Meanwhile I'll try not to stress.

Thanks!

It may be the gearbox :S

After a day tootling across Birmingham, and strangely a two hour car rest… it started knocking, this time not on the motorway / 5th gear… but in 3rd on the uphill.. So I tested that idea. And with the clutch down and revving it there was no knocking. Now today on the way home i noticed a very light clunk changing up to 2nd and 3rd. Not sure if it's related :S

Next time I'm on the motorway and it starts making the noise I'll try that Kes, thanks! That's good advice!

Long shot… which one did you get? Or are they all the same? I'm googling away to see if it's worth getting to keep a check on the lupo

Mine does the same. From the passenger side all good, from my side, no joy. I can only bring it back up. I thought it was related to the central locking playing up, but that was based on nothing except for coincidence!