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Have a rattle from engine. Does it if hot or cold. Sounds like a diesel…
2012 28i auto, (n20). Done 59k km, and had regular oil changes/services.
I see lots of reports on this engine having issues with timing chain, but I’m not experiencing the whine those make when failing. Almost sounds like a failing clutch throw out bearing, but it’s an auto….
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Rattle from engine n20
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Rattle from engine n20
Often that’s a noisy vacuum pump
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Rattle from engine n20
Ah so nothing too serious? I was wondering if spun bearing or worse haha
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Rattle from engine n20
They can sound very clattery on tick over..the cam cover noise insulation doesn’t cover it so it makes more noise than the injectors etc..EpicWomble wrote: ↑Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:26 am Ah so nothing too serious? I was wondering if spun bearing or worse haha
If you take off the oil filler cap and peer in with a torch , if you are lucky and the cam system is failing you may see damage / plastic swarf..
Mileage is low and with freq oil changes seems unlikely to be the cam chain sub system..
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..