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Post by Jobes » Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:45 pm

I've been to view a 3.0 tonight. When it was cold it had a very slight rattle at tick over, took it for a run and when we stopped it developed a weird chirping noise at tick over.
Bit gutted as the car was lovely. Any idea what it could be?
I videoed it on my phone but can't seem to upload it to here
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Post by Jobes » Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:54 pm

https://youtu.be/ulwwj6F3cFo
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Post by Smartbear » Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:08 pm

Difficult to tell without being there, loose disa valve perhaps? How many miles has the car done?
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Post by Jobes » Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:35 pm

Done 115k
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Post by Chris_D » Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:55 pm

Will be a hole/s in the intake boot.
I'll stake my life and the life of my cat on it...
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Post by Jobes » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:06 pm

That's confidence :D Thanks
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Post by Rob_benton » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:00 am

Not the tensioner then ?
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Post by Chris_D » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:30 am

Chris_D wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:55 pm Will be a hole/s in the intake boot.
I'll stake my life and the life of my cat on it...
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Missed the link for vid. Just watched it. Not so sure its intake boot now although check it for holes anyway cos a holy one will produce chirp/chirrup/whistle noise.

Could be as rob suggests, a knackered disa. Pull it out and inspect. Especially if the flap pin is loose. Have a butchers on youtube. nathan's DIY has a vid i think.

Failing that, dunno. Done obd scan?
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Post by Jobes » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:02 am

It was a car for sale I went to look at. Had agreed a deal and was going to pick it up this weekend, just went for a quick test drive and then the noise started.
Seller has said he will take it to his usual garage but I thought I would ask upon here to see how serious it sounded.
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Post by Marlon » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:12 am

Chris_D wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:55 pm Will be a hole/s in the intake boot.
I'll stake my life and the life of my cat on it...
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Post by Chris_D » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:25 am

Marlon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:12 am
Chris_D wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:55 pm Will be a hole/s in the intake boot.
I'll stake my life and the life of my cat on it...
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'You stake your own life on it you silly tw@t! Here, let me help you delete that bit about staking my life on it...'
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....then i can get back to scoffing my alphabetti spagetti...
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Post by Jobes » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:28 am

:D :D
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Post by Jobes » Thu Apr 27, 2017 3:20 pm

Not sure it's relevant but I also noticed the radiator fan randomly starting and stopping even though the gauge stayed in the centre.
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Post by Smartbear » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:29 pm

Marlon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:12 am
Chris_D wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:55 pm Will be a hole/s in the intake boot.
I'll stake my life and the life of my cat on it...
[IMG]http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag1 ... c17rbi.jpg[/IMG]

Chris has a lot of feline making up to do, how many tins of whiskers fit into an e85 boot I wonder? :oops:
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Post by Tcochrane92 » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:17 pm

You guys are a right pair :rofl: :rofl:
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