Metal rattle noise from engine bay when i open bonnet, sounds like a loose screw

ZimmerZimmer · 11-01-2011, 09:30 AM

Hey Guys

Im aftre some help, i purrhchased my E90 320D MSport around 4months ago and i love it

Howver sometime when i open the bonnet i hear a one off noise, its like a screw rattling around somewhere.

The best i can describe it is as if, a screw has fallen off somehwere and has got stuck in a spinning motion somewhere?

Imagine a metal screw being put in a pint gladd and then you move the pint glass in a cicrlar motion and the rattle you will hear, is the rattle i hear when i pop the bonnet after a drive.

Any ideas guy and girls?

Abit of i weird one i know!!

samchoi604 · 11-01-2011, 04:08 PM

I'm not familiar with the d engine, but could it be one of the bearings of the belt?

Glim · 11-01-2011, 04:50 PM

Try posting in a regional thread, we do not have the 320d in North America.

What kind of mpg are you getting?

11-01-2011, 09:30 AM	#1
ZimmerZimmer I got the keyz to the Bimmer! 34 Rep 205 Posts Drives: 335i M-Sport Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Derby City Centre iTrader: (0)	Metal rattle noise from engine bay when i open bonnet, sounds like a loose screw Hey Guys Im aftre some help, i purrhchased my E90 320D MSport around 4months ago and i love it Howver sometime when i open the bonnet i hear a one off noise, its like a screw rattling around somewhere. The best i can describe it is as if, a screw has fallen off somehwere and has got stuck in a spinning motion somewhere? Imagine a metal screw being put in a pint gladd and then you move the pint glass in a cicrlar motion and the rattle you will hear, is the rattle i hear when i pop the bonnet after a drive. Any ideas guy and girls? Abit of i weird one i know!!
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11-01-2011, 04:08 PM	#2
samchoi604 Colonel 60 Rep 2,334 Posts Drives: black on black Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Burnaby, BC iTrader: (3)	I'm not familiar with the d engine, but could it be one of the bearings of the belt?
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Glim Captain 21 Rep 780 Posts Drives: 2006 330i & 2013 X5 35i Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Victoria, BC iTrader: (0)	Try posting in a regional thread, we do not have the 320d in North America. What kind of mpg are you getting?
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