Diagnosing sound

Can anyone advise so I can inform my son who owns a discovery 3 and he has lately heard what he explains as a very slight metal "ting" sound when turning the steering wheel side to side when stationary. He said he thinks he sometimes hears it at slow speeds when driving down the street. This could be 2 separate things as he said the noise he hears when driving slow is similar to a noise He hears when closing the car doors. It comes from under the car. Any ideas on why these could be. Thank you

Ask him to get under and give the props a rotation wiggle

We had a similar sound but only at certain times (l322 but same drive line) turned out front prop CV.

J

Disc dust shields if any on ?

Thanks for the replies. He is going to inspect tomorrow. He said it may be the bushes. Hopefully not an expensive fix as both of us are not mechanically savvy.

Hi and welcome to the asylum

if u think it’s the bushes there’s an easy way to test , get on a very quiet road , drive around 5 mph and dab the brakes gently , if there worn u should hear them

another way is put suspension into normal road height , then get hold of the top of the tyres and rock them back and forth , do front and rear

as suggested may just be loose disc shields , D3’s are complicated beasts and they do need looking after , having ur own diagnostics and multimeter will save u a lot of money

timing belts and oil pump cover are due every 7 x years or 105;000 miles, which ever comes first , expect a bill around £1k for them to be changed, there is an upgraded oil pump , old one has a weak casing , particularly from 2007 , if they snap it normally causes catastrophic engine damage , just a heads up to ensure it has the updated one as would hate for it to fail on u

hopefully u or ur son can spanner otherwise if u have to rely on a garage will need very deep pockets as they eat bushes, brakes, discs as there nearly a 3 x ton brick

don’t get me wrong had landies some 30 x years and this is my favourite so far , awesome motors, they just don’t like things not to be fixed straight away

ur find plenty of us here to always help and hope I haven’t put u off, just being honest

The large hydro-bush on the rear of the lower wishbones fail, but as said above, are easy to identify, with a quick stab of the brakes. If the bushes have failed, there will be a flap/splat noise from the front.
Doing them isn't a easy DIY job, so replacement wishbones are the best way, although still not an easy DIY job.

ARB link arms like to wear out.

Had a look today with my son and couldn't see anything obvious to an untrained eye. It's going into the garage on Monday for an inspection. My son has told me the following.
The metal sound is coming from the front driver side area around the wheel area he thinks. When parked and turning the wheel no sound is heard. When in drive and foot on the brake and turning the wheel it makes the metal creaking sound. Also when turning at slow speed he can sometimes here it. Also he says the tyre has wear on inner edge. Sounds like it's connected to the issue. Hopefully the garage will pinpoint it on Monday.

Good luck at the garage. with what you have said I would imagine that on a lift with plenty of wiggling of bits (the car bits) they should be able to tell you the problem.
It probably wont be cheap though hope your sons wallet is full

J

Had similar on mine last year, I changed both front wheel bearings and it disappeared