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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: raywilb on 10 March 2011, 21:53:39

Title: baffled re noise
Post by: raywilb on 10 March 2011, 21:53:39

migs behaving ok, no probs except when driven a loud rattling type noise seems to come from the engine bay. its not the engine. i cant hear it when stationary. brakes, steering & exhaust are ok. and by pulling at things i cant find anything loose.  :-/ pls any ideas  :y

Title: Re: baffled re noise
Post by: tunnie on 10 March 2011, 21:58:48

Viscous Fan? / Bearings?

Title: Re: baffled re noise
Post by: fiend61 on 10 March 2011, 22:03:07

do td,s have a tensioner pulley

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i cant hear it when stationary

forget that  :-[

Title: Re: baffled re noise
Post by: Malcolm_D on 10 March 2011, 22:50:20

Lost any sockets recently? There is an E12 female torx socket in my engine bay somewhere. Any metal pipework vibrating against other metal part e.g. inner wings?  :y

Title: Re: baffled re noise
Post by: albitz on 10 March 2011, 22:58:33

Checked all the heat shields ?

Title: Re: baffled re noise
Post by: dad1uk on 11 March 2011, 05:19:49

Broken spring, roll bar links?

Title: Re: baffled re noise
Post by: whippit on 11 March 2011, 06:55:15

Drop Links

Title: Re: baffled re noise
Post by: MV6Matt on 11 March 2011, 17:51:31

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Drop Links

.........you took the words right out of my mouth (as Mr Meat was often heard saying........)

Matthew

Title: Re: baffled re noise
Post by: charlie on 11 March 2011, 18:05:50

the black cover on the engine :-/ :-/

Title: Re: baffled re noise
Post by: hoofing it on 11 March 2011, 19:19:30

As others have said check the springs/drop links, heat sheilds.
does it sound worse when you hit the lunar landscape of our brittish roads ;D :y