Engine knock/rattle NOT DEPHASER

[Jack Gilbert]

Hello

the car has developed a strange tap/knock/rattle when on/offing the the throttle, I looked on youtube and the closest thing to what mine sounds like is this video

http://youtu.be/3nrhsjsM2_0

It's not the dephaser as that has very recently been changed it sounds like a heat shield rattle but worse and on idle it does not do it, likewise when you hold the revs.

jack

 

[Jack Gilbert]

No ideas? :/

 

[Dan@SJM]

Well the video is the dephaser...

 

[sonny172cup]

Would a lose gudgeon pin make that noise?

 

[aucky]

The ticking at idle is probably just the valves. It's much more prominant with the RS2.

I'm not qualified to judge the grinding noise when revving though.

 

[Sean6545]

Sounds like dephaser to me...

 

[Canary172]

If it's knocking when you apply thottle (thus applying a change in torque), then could it be engine mount related? Have you checked the mounts recently?

 

[Fred@BTM]

Sounds like Dephaser to me too LOL

 

[blburied]

sounds exactly like mine when the dephaser went. minus the off&on rev's.

 

[Jack Gilbert]

I appreciate the replys, the thing is I had the dephaser changed as this was the last problem I had, the noise doesn't get worse when it's hot like when the dephaser is going, it does it when cold and hot and is fine on tick over, could it be to do with my lifters? Seeing as the engine has been in the garage for the last 6 months or so?

​jack

 

[Fred@BTM]

Lifters never fail on these, who did the dephaser? and are you 100% sure they actually changed it? (daft question but hey!)

 

[Fred@BTM]

Edit, just watched the video again, the "off and on" bit, 1000000% dephaser, take it back to whoever did the work, new parts have 12months warranty