Clunking Noise

Tiny
SEAN92
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  • 2007 HONDA CITY
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Whenever I slow down to around one to ten mph and than tap the accelerator I hear and feel a clunking on the driver's side part of the engine bay. It does not do this all the time. I am wondering if the bushings in the control arm could be causing this? 1.8L engine
Monday, January 30th, 2017 AT 10:59 AM

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Tiny
HMAC300
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Could be that or axles have front suspension or an engine mount. Could be a ball joint as well.
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Monday, January 30th, 2017 AT 12:09 PM
Tiny
SEAN92
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Thank you, I will have it looked at.
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Monday, January 30th, 2017 AT 12:55 PM
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This is what a normal hole for the upper dog bone motor mount looks like(circled in red), the hole in my car looks like a stretched out circle(oval). If that's the case does anyone know if that's part of the frame and the only way to fix it is to replace that metal part of the frame?
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 AT 5:13 AM
Tiny
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This is what mine looks like, finally just took the mount off for a picture
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 AT 6:57 AM
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KEN L
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Hey SEAN92

That is what it should look like, make sure the bolt is tight and you should be fine, if the bolt was loose it would make the noise you were talking about.

Please let us know what happens so it will help others

Best, Ken
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Monday, February 6th, 2017 AT 2:04 AM
Tiny
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The problem was a cracked bushing on the front left lower control arm.
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Saturday, February 11th, 2017 AT 7:46 PM
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Thanks for the feed back, this may be a help to others, thank you for using 2carpros.
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Sunday, February 12th, 2017 AT 3:12 AM

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