strange noise! 16v

[Adams_16v]

when accellerating i can hear strange noise from the passenger footwell, sounds like a wiring noise or air flowing or something, only happens when i accellerate! any ideas?

 

[Paul16V]

tell ur passenger to sit on the seat instead of the floor and to stop making silly noises

 

[Adams_16v]

shut it moron. lol! not everyone does strange things like u!

 

[Montana16v]

a 16v wudnt be a 16v without the little annoyin noises comin at u from every direction

 

[Adams_16v]

true, but untill recently i aint really heard it. maybe i didnt put a bung in correctly when changing the speedo cable, road noise or something coming in!

 

[BenR]

the grommet in the passenger footwell?

What sort of noise?

 

[myky16]

i pretty sure its the gromit i took mine out to wire an amp up and got noise since sounds cool backin off and the k+n whistles

 

[Adams_16v]

i took the grommet out the bulkhead when changing the speedo cable. had trouble getting it put back in correctly, ill check it!

it just sounds like a wuring noise, when accelerating, like belts or air moving, but definately coming from the front right of the car, in the footwell direction!

must be engine noise escaping into the car through teh bulkhead!

 

[White16valver]

I know! I know! Me! Me! Me!



Having spoken to the renault specialist bloke in witham about the exs (that has exactly the same irritating noise in the middle of the rev-range), he said it was the Heater Matrix being blocked that caused it. How hot does your heater run? The exs only got lukewarm compared to my bros hot Willy heater (oo-er! Suppose you could call it a Willy Warmer! )

A b**ch of a job to change apparently - didnt adi do his? Or was it someone else...?

Hope that helps - it was what I was told!

 

[Adams_16v]

yeah its not mega warm. i flushed the system a couple of weeks back though! might have to change the matrix. a tad tricky i hear!

 

[White16valver]

I heard it was 5 hours! Think whoever did it on here managed it in about 2.5 but said it was an utter nightmare...

 

[Paul16V]

Aye prob be yer matrix. Have fun! hehe. My heatings all nice n toasty mmmm.

 

[tom-m]

when i took the gromet that goes from the engine into the car in the foot well out it mad a lot extra road noise. have a look and see if its in properly.

 

[Alex M]

I used to get that funny noise as well, but it disapeared itself, leaving me a little perplexed as to where it was coming from