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Still not got to the bottom of this, but the car has just passed a MOT... I have now got it booked in to a local garage for them to have a look, but I'm not holding my breath that they will be able to find anything (though it would seem that something must be amiss)? There's been some very cold morn...

Thanks for this advice Jasper, I will definitely have a look and a listen at the weekend from outside the car, get my son to drive it... In the meantime I have just had 2 morning starts where the temperature has been +12 degrees C and the problem seems not to be manifesting at that temperature.... W...

Thanks for your post Jasper... Yes I did do full lock circles in reverse, both left and right to diagnose the CV joint, before I ordered the replacement. The left side was definitely quite noisy... On the question of the strut top bearings... I had that problem on the previous 406 car, that bearing ...

Thanks for your reply Peter! Yes, I took the shaft out and brought it into my workshop to do the CV joint change. The inner joint seemed Ok, though to be honest I didn't pay too much attention to it... The rubber boot was fine and it felt like it was moving freely enough, there was no sign of any gr...

On coldish mornings, when I first drive my 2003 406 HDi Estate (160,000miles) out from it's over night parking place and turn hard right on full lock, it has been making pretty awful noises and judders from the N/S front. It was the same last winter, then I suspected the suspension top mount bearing...