Rattle from engine

[andygal 0]

Hey i have a very anoying rattle/scrape from my engine on my VR6. It has 115k on it with FSH.

 

Sounds like a bearing or possibly a chain making a noise...changed the fan belt tensioner as it was shot but stil not cured it.

 

Sounds worse when your sitting inside with the windows up...when you put them down you cant hear it that much. Also if your going along and put yourfoot on the cutch, the noise goes away.

 

Any ideas?? Timing chain or tensioners possibly??

 

Cheers for the advice.

 

Andy

[dr_mat 0]

Have a search for timing chain noises. Long+short answer is if the "rattle" comes from the gearbox end of the block, and gets worse at 1200 rpm, but then goes away when you rev the engine, chances are it's the timing chains.