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Hi Everyone,
Has enyone else had a loud metallic rattle on start-up after a few days standing?

Mine has done this twice now. It starts, rattles like **** (oil lightgoes out and is almost full of oil), if you rev a little it goes but comes back on tickover. It disappears after 60 seconds or so.

Tried again today to record the sound on my phoneand then go to the dealer but, no bloody noise!

Will risist driving and let it stand until the weekend and try again. Any one else had this? any Ideas?



Thanks in advance



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[quatroxquatro]

Hi,


Isn't this kind of 'normal' for a diesel engine? They can make some pretty awful sounding noises when first fired up. I would only worry if it didn't go away after a few minutes.

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[mondeoman]

Mine does exactly the same now and again but only when its very cold. I haven't been able to track down exactly what it is so far.

 

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Hi and thanks for the RATTLING when cold reply,
I have looked and listended again and it arrears to be comming from the alternator area perhpas its a bearing in this unit perhpas its dry!. Will talk to my dealer in the morning, any resolve will paste result.



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