apple mike
09-10-2007, 08:10 PM
hi i have a golf driver 1.8 and am only 17 so havent exactly got the most experience with cars.
when the revs reach about 2800 revs there is a rattling sound from under the bonnet. It does it when standing or in the lower gears but couldnt hear anything in fifth - think the engine just covered that noise up.
quite a hard noise to describe cos youve got to hear it really but one person told me that it could be the cam belt tensioner (what is that by the way?) and another person said it could be the heat reflector for the exhaust. He described it to me as a thin piece of metal that may be loose.
had a look round and cant see the piece i was told about but thats prob coz i dont know wat im looking 4. although i may have had to put it on the ramps if its right underneath.
does anybody have this problem too or have you heard about it?
Thanks.
when the revs reach about 2800 revs there is a rattling sound from under the bonnet. It does it when standing or in the lower gears but couldnt hear anything in fifth - think the engine just covered that noise up.
quite a hard noise to describe cos youve got to hear it really but one person told me that it could be the cam belt tensioner (what is that by the way?) and another person said it could be the heat reflector for the exhaust. He described it to me as a thin piece of metal that may be loose.
had a look round and cant see the piece i was told about but thats prob coz i dont know wat im looking 4. although i may have had to put it on the ramps if its right underneath.
does anybody have this problem too or have you heard about it?
Thanks.