Rattling Noise

[Marios]

My car is quite overdue a service by a bit but luckily I have booked it in for this thursday with a non dealer garage which should save me some money.

At the moment though I can hear a rattling noise usually in the morning but is heard most the time. Its not in the cabin its a definate noise coming from the engine and nothing is flapping about loose. Only happened the last week or so. Any ideas what it could be or does anyone have the same problem.

[Beavis]

Is this noise when you first start or stop the engine? In most cases its normal to have a little rattle if this is the case.

[lamby]

Define what you mean by a rattle? does it sounding like tapping or is it more like something sounds loose??

 

Where is the noise coming from.

[ZMANALEX]

Firstly check your engine oil level.

[lamby]

Firstly check your engine oil level.

 

+1 good staring point

 

if its overdue a service chances are the oil level will be low which could accentuate normal engine noise.

[Marios]

Oil levels are low so I did top up a little today which should help, I cant pinpoint where the rattle/tapping is coming from its definatly coming from the front end of the car. It sounds like a tap more than rattle.

[M13KYF]

fuel damper possibly

 

 

so a search on here for more info

[lamby]

My engine was tapping loudly at the back of the engine it was more predominant i took it to garage for repair and they stripped it down and measured valve clearances which were way out i took the valve lifters into work and measured them up and found they were badly worn. awaiting new ones.

 

not saying this is what yours is but letting you know that a tap could mean this i suspect mine to be caused by running low on oil at one or more times in its life.

 

so a note to be careful with the oil and check at regular intervals