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Title: Sounds like big ends?
Post by: rickvw72 on 03 November 2008, 19:34

My 1991 16v has a rattling noise from the engine, most prominent when you change gear at high revs, almost as the engine slows a little. Also the car does it if you rev it hard at idle.
This noise has always been there, and in the last week ive done 600 miles and i'd have thought if it was the big ends the engine would have gone in a big way by now! So just wondering if there is any other things to check?
Cheers

Title: Re: Sounds like big ends?
Post by: nealey on 03 November 2008, 21:52

I had a similar problem on my 8v, turned out to be the cambelt tensioner rattling

Title: Re: Sounds like big ends?
Post by: wriggley on 04 November 2008, 15:02

my big end went and it made no noise prior to about a mile before it seized it started making the typical bottomend shell bearing noise the seized i stripped it and they were fubar

Title: Re: Sounds like big ends?
Post by: tobz. on 06 November 2008, 09:51

It will be the camchain tensioner, quite a common fault on the 16v engine once it's covered 120k+ miles. The engine has a belt that drives one of the cams then a chain that drives the second cam off the first.
Big ends are more of a knocking noise that is most prominent when the engine is under light load.

Title: Re: Sounds like big ends?
Post by: rickvw72 on 08 November 2008, 00:43

I'm thinking its the chain as the cars still running fine after about 1200 miles now! Cant see any reference to a chain tensioner in the haynes manual though?

Title: Re: Sounds like big ends?
Post by: danny_p on 08 November 2008, 01:22

it's not likely going to be big ends that for sure,  chances are one woudl have walked by now  or the oil light would be flickering at least