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Squeek/Rattle when starting engine - Wabe_IV - 5:th-Feb-2019
Morning all, wondering if somebody could please shed some light
Had my car sitting at work for 9 hours yesterday and when I started it I heard a 2 second ish rattle/squeek which I'm unaware of and this has never happened before. I turned the car off and on again but didn't hear it again. Around 10pm last night I had to move my car, so turned it on after it been sitting with no movement for 5 hours, cold engine but heard nothing. Then again this morning I heard the squeek/rattle again
Any ideas? I drive a 2015 GTC limited edition with 39,000 on the clock. Constantly having problems with this car!!
RE: Squeek/Rattle when starting engine - Big Dave2 - 5:th-Feb-2019
As it's engine related, it would help to know what engine is under the bonnet.
RE: Squeek/Rattle when starting engine - Wabe_IV - 5:th-Feb-2019
(5:th-Feb-2019, 12:09:57)Big Dave2 Wrote: As it's engine related, it would help to know what engine is under the bonnet.
2.0L diesel
RE: Squeek/Rattle when starting engine - Rusty2009 - 7:th-Feb-2019
On mine every now and then I get strange metal to metal sounds last a couple of seconds and it's not all the time.
I've not been able to pinpoint it.
RE: Squeek/Rattle when starting engine - Big Dave2 - 7:th-Feb-2019
I get an occasional squeak/whispy noise from the cambelt in damp/wet conditions. A quick squirt of wd-40 through the cambelt cover soon shuts it up for a couple of months.
Probably not the same noise as your though.
Just wondering if you have a leaky hydraulic valve lifter which would explain it's only occasional and for a couple of seconds until it's primed with oil again.