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Just noticed an issue which started this morning and it was 3 days after vauxhall had my car in the garage for a check up.
Basically when I put my foot down at low revs I'm 3rd or 4th gear I can hear a metal rattling noise from the engine bay. It almost sounds like marbles rattling together or something.
Yeah trying to get an appointment now but it's impossible, only weekend they have free is like a month away and other than that they just have through the week which ain't easy for me :(
Will do, you think it's worth holding off on getting the coolant tank fitted until this engine noise is sorted? Was worried they might moan and try to void the warranty but thinking about it then can't really do that can they...
No they wont even know it's been fitted mate, just make sure the garage plug the plug on as they didn't with Lewis's and it was a bitch trying to do it afterwards.
Awesome will try and get them to do the tank on Friday then ha i can imagine! I can't even see the plug with this old tank on, let alone try and get to it and plug it in! So yeah, thanks I'll make sure they do that
Thank you mate! gonna cancel my vauxhall appointment anyway because with them if they can't hear/see the issue described then they won't bother doing anything :-/
Right! This has started again and I've managed to get a same day appointment with vauxhall. If they try and fob me off, charge me stupid prices for basics checks etc. I'm gonna kick off
22:nd-Apr-2015, 10:22:36 (This post was last modified: 22:nd-Apr-2015, 10:29:45 by sheppy1.)
Yeah you'd think so, well they said if it's not covered by warranty then they will charge me £80 just for the checks! I really kicked off then on the phone. Just left it with them anyway, see what they say when they ring me. They're a piss take that garage anyway and the main guy who tests the cars is a *****!
(22:nd-Apr-2015, 10:22:35)Jj0063 Wrote: Are you sure it's not diesel clatter ? Vauxhall engines are terrible for it
Don't think so, it's only done it twice since I bought the car over a year ago and it seems to be intermittent and only in 3rd, 4th and 5th under 2,000 revs...surely if it was engine chatter then it would happen all the time?
Well apparently they couldn't hear the noise I was talking about...there's a surprise eh! But they did notice a hairline crack in the coolant tank...which they sold me and replaced that under warranty. Naff it! Will wait till the engine blows up and see if they are able to see that issue!
It's winding me up this now! Ha. I really wanna get to the bottom of this...Hoping someone on here will be able to help.
The issue now occurs in any gear above 2nd gear when I put my foot all the way down when the revs are below 2000, anything above 2000 or if i don't put my foot all the way down then I don't hear the noise.
The noise now sounds less metal on metal and more sort of like an angry fan belt or something...Not even sure where to begin with it tbh!
take it to your local garage and just get someone to look at it with you
it wont cost you anything noises are very hard to diagnose as we can not be there to hear it
forget the dealer and get someone ells to give there opinion on this mate
i would be only guessing and it really could be anything loose in the engine bay or drive related drive shaft even the gear box
so get it checked out it makes more sense
Have it booked in again but with a different VX dealer this time...the noise actually sounds a bit like the fan belt if I'm honest...can hear a squeaking noise when the car is in neutral and idling
Ahhhh least you were covered then eh mines under warranty too...just a case of them not being useless and actually looking at the issue properly instead of fobbing me off! Now on my third booking with them about the same issue and it's a ball ache for me to get the car into them every time I need too...
Cheers, will do they just keep saying they can't hear it or that they have fixed it when they just haven't, I even told them to ring me next time before they take it for a test drive so I can make sure they do hear it...they didn't bother. I had a similar issue with the baffles too but in the end i knew what the issue was and just told them to replace the tank...which they did and which fixed the issue hence why I'm trying to diagnose the issue myself this time
Yeah I left mine with the noise for about a week cos its pain getting over there. When the misses took it in they knew what it was straight away but didn't have the belt and it had to be fixed because they said it was ready to snap so had to leave it with them all day for the part to come in. Right pain.
I've got a hissing noise when I accelerate fast. Can hear it when you put the clutch down. Think it might be some sort of air leak from a hose. Sounds like I've got a dump valve. Ha. Or could be turbo related
Hmmmmm not having much luck are you! I've got mine booked in AGAIN next Friday but will have to take the day off work AND sit there until they have fixed it!
Weird issue with the hissing...I get a slight hiss/wheeze when I put my foot down and then change gear, it's turbo related on mine though and is how they're supposed to be I believe :P
Hmmmm to me with the bonnet open it sounded like the fan belt thing... Kwik fit said it could be a tensioner that needs tightening... Have it in with vauxhall next weekend anyway but wanted to give them as much info as possible because this will be the third time it's been in with them and every time they say they can't fix it or hear It!
16:th-May-2015, 09:47:27 (This post was last modified: 16:th-May-2015, 10:45:37 by sheppy1.)
Not sure mate, from all the research I've done it seems to be related to the engine belt thing or the tensioners...vx have it yet again today!
They said the tensioners need replacing and have ordered them in for me under warranty
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