Check this out,about a year or so ago a woman phones & says theres a grinding noise, i said drop it buy we'll check it out as grindings not good(it was already booked for mot/service about three wks away).

She never turned up for check & brought it in for mot/service, I asked about the grinding she said it had stopped so assumed it was ok & continued to drive up & down the motorway about 30 miles to work every day.

This is what we found on a 2000 polo ARHHH......!!

An emergency stop would have been interesting!!!!

The whole side & rear was covered in iron filings & she asked us to see if we could get that brown stuff off her car as she didn't know what it was..!! It's scary it really is!!

Matt

ps if Peter wants to modify this so image appears feel free i gave up after 1/2 hour of trying.

pps thanks Mike (see blow)