Clunking noise over rough pavement

[Type-Y]

Originally Posted by rayfloyd170

I went to a car mechanic and the he drove the car while i was instructing him on when i normally hear and to further explain him about the unusual clunking sound. He then checked the LCA bolts and bushing of the control arms and others... He sprayed lubricant (i think lithium based spray) to the bushing area where the bolts are located... We tested it after application of the lubricant but the minor clunking sound is persistently still there. He told me to purchase the bushings and he will install it afterwards since he suspect they are worn out and common for yaris..

Blessing in disguise, i went to the shops looking for the bushing and they were all closed for prayer time in KSA... I immediately went home and after lunch decided to have a car wash including the under chassis before going back to the mehanic. Ive instructed the guy to wash out the undercarriage properly then i saw some " sandy-materials sticking at the white lithium based grease" which was sprayed to the bushings... I specifically informed the car washing-guy to remove all the grease as i believe the bushing doesnt need to be greased.. Doing so, he removed all the sandy materials together with the sprayed lithium grease.

Alas,after the car wash when i drive my car, it was completely very silent and no more clunking sound...

In a desert area " sandy, dusty, dry weather" this led me to conclude that it was definitely the dust/sand and good thing i did not have to spend extra bucks replacing the good original bushings in my yaris...

The high pressure water washer definitely did the job... :)

Thank you.

That's great. Is all still silent?

[rayfloyd170]

Originally Posted by Type-Y

That's great. Is all still silent?

Yes, as of now after 1 week of removing that grease-sand from the ball-joint and bushings with high pressure water wash, my car is still very silent...

I was hoping it will stay like this since my car is new at about 70K KM and i really took care of it...