Noisy engine when ticking over, any help?

[NikiBrighton]

It's been quite noisy when ticking over for a while now, drives fine with no tappy ticking noises, only when idle. Its at its loudest when I hover over the 'Renault Sport' area of the engine. any thoughts or suggestions to what this may be?

Thanks, Niki.

 

[Leonzee]

Dephaser?

 

[NikiBrighton]

I'm hoping its not Would it damage anything if it was the dephaser?

 

[Leonzee]

Just get it changed, it will be about 150-200 quid to get done!

 

[mr.pink87]

Just get it changed, it will be about 150-200 quid to get done!

No way! Dephaser pulley change is a new timing belt job. Around 500-800 quid.

 

[Leonzee]

No way! Dephaser pulley change is a new timing belt job. Around 500-800 quid.

Can't you just get the dephaser done?

 

[NikiBrighton]

I'll take it in somewhere and see whats said about it, would any damage be caused if i didnt get it sorted until a month or so?

 

[Cookson]

Can't you just get the dephaser done?

Not without taking off the belt, and once a belt it off, the lot needs replacing...... unless its been done VERY recently, then you could get away with just a belt. But the labour is still all there

 

[mark smith87]

It's likely to be the dephaser pulley. They get noisy when worn. It sounds like a noisy alternator bearing. Whirring noise. I had mine done with the cambelt last year. It was a lot quieter afterwards and the response was better due to the timing being much more accurate.

 

[sam_clio182]

Mines is like that aswell only had the car a month but got recipts from renault to say was only done last year saying all that had been changed the belt and could this be anything else?

 

[davo172]

I'll take it in somewhere and see whats said about it, would any damage be caused if i didnt get it sorted until a month or so?

NO it wont cause any damage !

 

[jamesd1263]

Check spark plugs, some time the can be loose

 

[ross-lakin]

does it sound like this ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGZhD6AVmsE

 

[MicKPM]

I hope it doesn't sound like that anymore Ross

 

[MartinR]

I had the same noise came from around the inlet manifold turned out to be the waterpump bearing had failed and was clattering.

No need to jump on the dephaser wagon it can be down to various things sparkplugs, injectors,waterpump etc

Take it to someone who knows what they are doing like the above MicKPM

 

[not normal dan]

It's been quite noisy when ticking over for a while now, drives fine with no tappy ticking noises, only when idle. Its at its loudest when I hover over the 'Renault Sport' area of the engine. any thoughts or suggestions to what this may be?

Thanks, Niki.

Got any vids you can upload? Without hearing the noise its pretty hard to diagnose. Could be something dead daft an simple, cheap fix even.

 

[MartinR]

Diagnosis cannot be made through a rcorded video imo

 

[not normal dan]

Diagnosis cannot be made through a rcorded video imo

No but its gotta be better then everyone naming random parts an tbh if it was the dephaser which seems to be the first thing most folk on this forum suggest there sound is rather distinctive

 

[ross-lakin]

I hope it doesn't sound like that anymore Ross

Nope not now you fixed it matey

 

[MullyBaby]

What was up with it?

 

[ross-lakin]

dephaser pulley was shot