Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:57:04 +0300
- Message No. 2465
From: Phoebus Katsanos
Subject: Re: Help strange noises (fwd)
Michael Dipper wrote:
>
> Hi.
> I have an 89 model @ which has suddenly developed a rattle. Yesterday I
> did a service including checking the valve clearances, none of which
> needed adjustment. One of the adjuster caps had seized and I had pull
> the cam cover up to get it undo. Since rebuilding it last night I have a
> rattle sounds like a camchain rattle, is there a guide or similar in
> that cam cover I have disturbed ? how are the cam chains tensioned I
> could not see a tensioner anywhere. You most urgent help is appreciated
> on this, I go on holiday on Friday and need to fix it before then.
> Sheridan Coulter
> Technical Project Leader
I had a verry ennoying rattling sound for some time in my AT.
Maybe it is not the same as yours, but mine wasn't from the engine.
It was a rattling sound in about 4.000-5500 rpm's and I couldn't find
out where it was comming from. Finally I found out it was from the
filterbox. In its side that's close to the carbs there is a plastic
thing like:
___
/__/
This is fixed to the main body of the filterbox not with a screw, but a
(??) "something like a nail, aluminium once that you put with a special
tool through a hole, pump the tool a few times and it's "head" get's
wider, so then it doesn't come off"... ??, Anyway, it was loose, look
under the filterbox in the right side.
Hope that helps...
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