We left early today for a long drive to the Lorraine region and about 1 minute into the journey we heard this mechanical type noise from the front nearside cab area just above the wheel. Oh my, was this something loose?, was a bearing going to fail?, and other scenarios of where do we stop?, calling the French AA and language problems etc etc were going through our minds. Fortunately we hadn't got onto the motorway and we pulled off to examine the van'. Underneath looked OK, no nuts lying on the ground, no engine management lights flashing and everything was as normal where it should be apart from this noise which got worse the faster we went!.
I suddenly remembered seeing BBC Radio 2 on the radio wondering why we were trying to listen to Radio 2 in the middle of France so I turned the radio off and suddenly the noise stopped!!… yahay!. All it was was interference coming out of the speaker on my side on top of the wheel arch that sounded just like something mechanical coming loose.!. What a relief!, so, the moral of the story is when driving in France don't try to listen to Radio 2 as it sounds really frightening over here!.
Au revoir!
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