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strange rattle coming from engine area
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:01 am
by stevovans
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?
Re: strange rattle coming from engine area (stevovans)
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:44 am
by joatmon
Quote, originally posted by stevovans »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.
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:01 pm
by stevovans
yes passenger side, thank you i will look into that, and more ideas are welcome!
Re: (stevovans)
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:58 pm
by BlueCrush
Sounds like it might be the tensioner pulley. That would be the first thing I would check.
Re: (BlueCrush)
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:08 am
by kevera
Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush »Sounds like it might be the tensioner pulley. That would be the first thing I would check.X2
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 2:35 am
by stevovans
thank you both!! we will have a look