clio sport that sounds like a diesel...

[willow]

right, we have recently fitted a replacement engine into my clio sport.
when the engine is cold, the engine sounds sweet as a nut on tick over, as soon as the engine gets warm it sounds like a diesel??? if you rev it it sounds normal, just on tickover it sounds like a diesel!
any ideas what this could be??
cheers

 

[ben_p]

dephaser pulley

 

[willow]

its not a pully, its the engine

 

[ben_p]

its the exhaust cam pulley (on the engine not aux)

 

[Cro]

Thats how the pulley sounds when it needs changed, in some almost a very hollow knocking in the middle of the rocker.

Inlet pulley Ben

 

[ben_p]

opps so it is!

 

[jack_kemp]

dephaser pulley

This

 

[willow]

oh right, its just had a new cambelt and tensioners on it, didnt change the cam pulleys though. why does it only sound like a diesel when its warm though and only on tickover?

 

[Cro]

Oil warms up and thins out

 

[jack_kemp]

This is exactly why everybody says to take it to a specialist to get cam belts changed. They would have picked up on that and saved you a whole lot of time and money.

 

[willow]

they had already been done on the engine when i bought it so i assumed they would of been done propely, but as with any engine you have to take a chance as to what its going to be like. atleast its not what we were expecting, we thought it may be worn pistons or something similar. is it a matter of urgency to get it done as in stop driving it now? or will it be ok to get it done the end of the month when i get paid?

 

[Cro]

It'll be grand to drive, just be a noisy bugger

 

[jack_kemp]

It should be fine. I don't there's been many that have actually failed.

 

[jesus]

Sleeper

 

[willow]

thats ok, better than i was expecting tbh, as i said we thought it might be something alot worse!
i drive it sensibly anyway so should hopefully be ok, worst case ive still got the old engine lol, that only has one bent valve..

 

[willow]

Sleeper

thats what i said lol, sounds like a derv when you pull up next to it at the lights! ha

 

[jesus]

You need some dci bullets on there!

 

[willow]

You need some dci bullets on there!

lol, you would actually believe it was though! it sounds like a dci thats done space ship mileage!