[Tyso335]

at low revs when pulling away im starting to get a rattle vibration noise from it sounds like behind the clocks in the dash or around that area...

Any ideas anyone?

cheers

[Mwp4me]

Originally Posted by Tyso335

at low revs when pulling away im starting to get a rattle vibration noise from it sounds like behind the clocks in the dash or around that area...

Any ideas anyone?

cheers

Oh my god, MEGA will tell you off.

You are in the wrong section.

You should be in the technical section.

[dobbo99]

Originally Posted by Tyso335

at low revs when pulling away im starting to get a rattle vibration noise from it sounds like behind the clocks in the dash or around that area...

Any ideas anyone?

cheers

cold weather?
mine has all sorts of creaks and rattles when the temp drops.
the centre vent sometimes causing me a problem, put your hand on it and see if it stops.

[dobbo99]

Originally Posted by Mwp4me

Oh my god, MEGA will tell you off.

You are in the wrong section.

You should be in the technical section.

bore off mate, you impress no one, nothing better to do with your life??

[Mwp4me]

Originally Posted by dobbo99

bore off mate, you impress no one, nothing better to do with your life??

Upgrade your car you are NOT welcome. I will PM MEGA and report you. Wimp.

[CarAbuser]

Originally Posted by Tyso335

at low revs when pulling away im starting to get a rattle vibration noise from it sounds like behind the clocks in the dash or around that area...

Any ideas anyone?

cheers

Try taking off the engine cover and see if that fixes it.

[mob17]

Originally Posted by CarAbuser

Try taking off the engine cover and see if that fixes it.

+1

This happened to me. Hopefully this is what's causing the rattle in your case, i.e the engine cover not being fixed on properly.

[dobbo99]

or the cowling/plastic that covers the cabin filters (under the wipers), the bolts can come lose.

[Tyso335]

Cheers for all your advice ill give it ago

[coopersim]

I had this, it was the air intake pipe which comes loose

[Tyso335]

Originally Posted by coopersim

I had this, it was the air intake pipe which comes loose

would that still make it sound like its coming from behind the speedo in that sort of area???

[dobbo99]

could be anything, worth checking.

I had a rattle on mine that I thought was the from the back seat/boot area, turned out to be the pillar where the seatbelt was.

just fixed a rattle on my mrs Clio, I thought it was coming from the passenger front wheel, but was actually a lose spare wheel! go figure!

[poggy]

If its a metallic rattle that could be under the bonnet, it could be the overrunning alternator pulley - it has a clutch in it that allows freewheeling in one direction to take up sudden changes in engine speed. When the clutch stops working, the changes in engine speed cause the belt to rattle the tensioner. Was doubtful when mine was diagnosed but a new one totally cured it. Most noticeable when pulling away and engine is cold.

[Tyso335]

Originally Posted by poggy

If its a metallic rattle that could be under the bonnet, it could be the overrunning alternator pulley - it has a clutch in it that allows freewheeling in one direction to take up sudden changes in engine speed. When the clutch stops working, the changes in engine speed cause the belt to rattle the tensioner. Was doubtful when mine was diagnosed but a new one totally cured it. Most noticeable when pulling away and engine is cold.

thats interesting to no thanks mate, im gona get my mate at bmw to look at it

[coopersim]

Originally Posted by Tyso335

would that still make it sound like its coming from behind the speedo in that sort of area???

It's a really common fault as the plastic clip fatigues, I swore to the tech the sound was coming from inside the cabin!

[Tyso335]

Originally Posted by coopersim

It's a really common fault as the plastic clip fatigues, I swore to the tech the sound was coming from inside the cabin!

cheers man i will have a look

[hobo mofo]

Originally Posted by poggy

If its a metallic rattle that could be under the bonnet, it could be the overrunning alternator pulley - it has a clutch in it that allows freewheeling in one direction to take up sudden changes in engine speed. When the clutch stops working, the changes in engine speed cause the belt to rattle the tensioner. Was doubtful when mine was diagnosed but a new one totally cured it. Most noticeable when pulling away and engine is cold.

This is intresting because mine does have abit of a rattle but i thought it was just down to the cold weather.

[Tyso335]

i checked under engine and there was a cover just below window wipers to the left that was loose seems all good now well chuffed thanks every one.

[poggy]

Originally Posted by hobo mofo

This is intresting because mine does have abit of a rattle but i thought it was just down to the cold weather.

Mines only done about 50,000 miles but it needed a new one. Thought it was the exhaust at first but two independent people confirmed what it was. Having read up on them, they are a reasonably new thing on cars and I saw an article that said early ones can fail from 40k miles onwards but newer ones are much better. As you can imagine, if it is shot, the load from the engine speed changes could be going into other components potentially causing them to fail. A belt tensioner for example is more pricey than the pulley.