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Slight rattle when I start the engine up
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:34 pm
by Nick65
I have a slight rattle (Like wheel bearings rolling around sort of sound) when I start the engine up, and I also just noticed that my car made a very light hum as i pull away from lights etc
Any tips?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:35 pm
by nfn
If the rattle is only with a cold engine (e.g., first thing in the morning), then it could be valves perhaps. Is the hum felt as well as heard?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:16 pm
by Nick65
The Rattle seems to have died off now - Humming has gone as well???
Will see what happens at 9am tomorrow when it's cold
Cheers
Nick
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:02 am
by bigdaddycain
Hi Nick, lots of bongo's suffer from this phenomena... It could be a few things, firstly, does the rattle noise alter/dissapear when you turn the steering wheel? If so, check the power steering fluid.
Check the clamps holding down the engine cowling.
Lift the bonnet, and check down the right hand side (bonnet open) for a pipe (can't remember what the pipe is for now) the pipe is known to pop of its hanger causing a rattling noise.
Check the tools in the sliding door cubby.
The engine gives off a different vibration when cold/warming up so you may find its something un-related to the actual engine,and a weird harmonic is causing the rattle from elsewhere
A lot of bongo's make this rattling noise nick, and sometime's the culprit is never found
