strange rattle coming from engine area

stevovans · Post by **stevovans** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:01 am

my brother's '04 vibe has been making a rattle as he starts to drive away.. just begining of first gear i guess we were trying to listen to exactly where it came from and it seemed the left side of the engine maybe around the belts but its hard to tell exactlyany ideas?

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:44 am

Quote, originally posted by stevovans Â»my brother's '04 vibe has been making a rattle as he starts to drive away.. just begining of first gear i guess we were trying to listen to exactly where it came from and it seemed the left side of the engine maybe around the belts but its hard to tell exactlyany ideas?left side=passenger side?some people have had rattles and buzzes from the various heat shields on the exhaust, maybe one of them is loose, or got rock or something on it.

stevovans · Post by **stevovans** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:01 pm

yes passenger side, thank you i will look into that, and more ideas are welcome!

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:58 pm

Sounds like it might be the tensioner pulley. That would be the first thing I would check.

kevera · Post by **kevera** » Fri May 11, 2007 1:08 am

Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush Â»Sounds like it might be the tensioner pulley. That would be the first thing I would check.X2

stevovans · Post by **stevovans** » Fri May 11, 2007 2:35 am

thank you both!! we will have a look

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