Engine ticking badly :(

[Jonny1*2]

http://m.youtube.com/index?client=m...uri=/&gl=GB#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=fM-CCpdVaqQ

Any ideas? Feels down on power, but no misfire on diagnostic. Apologies for bad vid.

 

[_sj_]

Link didnt work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM-CCpdVaqQ

Not sure tho!?

 

[Jonny1*2]

Link didnt work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM-CCpdVaqQ

Not sure tho!?

Ta. iPhone fail

 

[Dave..]

Engine ticking on idle?

Surely you must know what that means!

 

[Gray]

Sounds well that does...

 

[Jonny1*2]

Engine ticking on idle?

Surely you must know what that means!

Clearly not :S

 

[172Ben]

dephaser

 

[Jonny1*2]

Boo. I hope not ben. Had the belts done last week guy said the carbon canister was a bit ticky, but it doesn't sound like it's coming from there

 

[Dave..]

Definately dephaser sounding that is. How did you not notice it last week?!

It's a case of, live with the noise, or fork out for it all to be done again.

 

[mark_182_54]

f**k thats 100 times worse than mine lol

 

[Jonny1*2]

I thought the dephaser was the pully for the front set of cams (ie. inlet)? Sounds like it's coming from the back :S. It's wierd. I have been noticing a slight whine at around 1700-2000rpm (both in/out of gear). This was the same before and after the belts were changed (it could be the alternatory as the car has been stood for 4months). Nothing else though. Drove the car the day after it was done and no problems. Went to it last night and it seemed ok, but the idle is rubbish (running rstuner maps too). Seems very spluttery, and the power doesn't seem there to me. Now he could have messed the timing up, which i'll be checking on the rollers next month, but it seemed ok. It all started when I was flooring it in 3rd (private road ) and it seemed to take ages to get up to redline. Stopped the car, went to gym, came out, turned on and midway through the journey back it started doing it. So mad!!

I would just live with it Dave, but if it goes completely it will screw up the lump, and I don't want that to happen really. Plus as I said, it doesn't feel like it's running correctly either (not just in my head). I've ran it on CLIP and nothing is showing up on the injection ECU. Now it is 5 yrs old, so I need to change the plugs, so it might be that. Clio ownership is taking it's toll over the past few months

 

[sideways danny]

Drove the car the day after it was done and no problems. Went to it last night and it seemed ok, but the idle is rubbish (running rstuner maps too). Seems very spluttery, and the power doesn't seem there to me. Now he could have messed the timing up, which i'll be checking on the rollers next month, but it seemed ok. It all started when I was flooring it in 3rd (private road ) and it seemed to take ages to get up to redline. Stopped the car, went to gym, came out, turned on and midway through the journey back it started doing it. So mad!!

sounds like your timing is quite a long way out tbh. As it's changed how it runs since it was done, it may even have slipped so i'd be nervous the pulleys have been torqued properly

 

[Gray]

I'll ask the dreaded question...

Who did the belt change?

 

[Brett]

Who did the belts out of interest? Specialist?

 

[Christopher]

That's sounds nothing like a failing dephaser to me. Eek.

 

[Tyssen]

Boo. I hope not ben. Had the belts done last week guy said the carbon canister was a bit ticky, but it doesn't sound like it's coming from there

Mines exactly the same, has been ever since I got the belts done, I asked them about it and said not to worry, its getting worse now though not sure if its because of the cold weather.

 

[Christopher]

It's nothing to do with the cold weather. lol.

Sounds too mechanical for the dephaser, IMO. They're very rattly.

That said, maybe it's just the video.

 

[Tyssen]

It's nothing to do with the cold weather. lol.

Whats funny about that? I dont know do I

I posted the same thing on here a while ago iirc

 

[Christopher]

Local garage do the work?

 

[Tyssen]

Local garage do the work?

No - NW Performance

 

[sideways danny]

Mines exactly the same, has been ever since I got the belts done, I asked them about it and said not to worry, its getting worse now though not sure if its because of the cold weather.

the dephaser probably wasn't cleaned out when the change was done. You're lucky you have a cup though, lots easier to sort out

 

[Christopher]

No - NW Performance

So take it back to them? You have a receipt.

 

[Tyssen]

So take it back to them? You have a receipt.

Yes, just not had the chance to drive to Northwich - plus I contacted them about it and they said not to worry about it, thats why I posted on here as wasnt sure what to do.

 

[Christopher]

Risky business. If something lets go, it'd be far worse. I'd be down there ASAP.

Anyway, back OT. Can you get another vid, Jonny?

 

[Jonny1*2]

It was a renault specialist that has done the work. 18years working for renault manchester. He's worked on a lot of sports too. He's got a good rep around here. He used all the tools etc. I'm going to go and see him later. I wondered if the sparks could be the spluttering issue, but if it's not showing a missfire, then it's probably not that.

 

[fUbAr]

No - NW Performance

Oh.

 

[Jonny1*2]

Risky business. If something lets go, it'd be far worse. I'd be down there ASAP.

Anyway, back OT. Can you get another vid, Jonny?

The vid is bang on what it's like in the flesh mate

 

[Gray]

Just a thought... check the spark plugs, are they ok, torqued up correctly?

 

[Jonny1*2]

they've not been changed yet. On my list

 

[MartinR]

when i had my exhaust done at 'BillyBob Auto Stuff' a few weeks back 'BillyBob' told me he has had to put a few right what was done by nw performance, SHOCKING.

 

[Simon@SprayShack]

Doubt thats the dephaser, thats more of a chatter, that sounds more of a knock to me. Sounds expensive and not timing related to me........

 

[Jonny1*2]

Doubt thats the dephaser, thats more of a chatter, that sounds more of a knock to me. Sounds expensive and not timing related to me........

Dunno what's worse

 

[Fred@BTM]

just watched the video, sounds like a dephaser, but tis only a video!

 

[jack_kemp]

Sounds terrible.... But it could be the quality of my iPhone speakers. Lol.

 

[Fred@BTM]

check the plugs are tight by the way, had a few making a tapping noise due to loose plugs

 

[Gray]

Just a thought... check the spark plugs, are they ok, torqued up correctly?

check the plugs are tight by the way, had a few making a tapping noise due to loose plugs

Great minds... and all that

I've heard a few like this, it has always been no.3 plug that has worked its way loose strangely ?!

 

[Jonny1*2]

just watched the video, sounds like a dephaser, but tis only a video!

If you were closer mate i'd bob down in the tractor

Is it normal for the sparks to come loose on their own?

 

[Jonny1*2]

Omg it went load as fcuk tonight. Proper fcuked he's going to check dephaser and do an oil pressure test on it. I can't believe how quickly it deteriorated

 

[NEclio 172ph2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1idXAHpd2M mines the same seems to have got worse today

 

[Jonny1*2]

yep, sounds about right. don't rev it too much or it will get much louder believe me. It felt like it was going to stall on me. Stupid french piece of *********************************************