General Advice on a couple of issues...

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General Advice on a couple of issues...

bradhooton

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Hi everyone, I've recently bought a 2009 Abarth GP SS and while most of it is in great condition there's a couple of problems I'd like some advice on.

First off, there's a kind of knocking noise but I can't tell where the sound is actually coming from, is there a common problem on the GPs that anyone knows of that might be the source of this?

Also, when I lift the bonnet up it's catching on one of the window wipers, I can't imagine this is a common problem?

I'm just trying to get through a list of niggles but other than that I'm pretty pleased with the car.

I'll try and upload a few pics of it soon!
 
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drop links for the knocking- mine have been replaced a few times in the years I have had my car.

and my bonnet also catches on the driver side arm of the wiper when I open the boot.
 
As above, knocking is probably drop links. Common but easy and cheap fix.

Is it a dull distant kind of sound when driving over rough ground?
As for the wiper issue I'd check the bonnet is aligned correctly. If it is then perhaps the wiper arm was removed at some stage and replaced pointing a little far down? Might be worth getting a wiper puller and moving the arm round a couple of splines.
 
drop links for the knocking- mine have been replaced a few times in the years I have had my car.

and my bonnet also catches on the driver side arm of the wiper when I open the boot.
My mate has had my car to do some detailing work on it this weekend and he's adjusted the wipers for me so they're not catching now. That's one niggle off the list.

I'll have a look into the drop links over the next couple of weeks, cheers bud.
 
As above, knocking is probably drop links. Common but easy and cheap fix.

Is it a dull distant kind of sound when driving over rough ground?
As for the wiper issue I'd check the bonnet is aligned correctly. If it is then perhaps the wiper arm was removed at some stage and replaced pointing a little far down? Might be worth getting a wiper puller and moving the arm round a couple of splines.
I'll have a look into the drop links this next couple of weeks, I'm hoping that's all it is.

Yeah, I'd probably describe it as a dull sound, other than that it seems in good nick.
 
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