Originally Posted by
Ginge !
bollox mate,its on its way out no engine is designed to rattle at ANY point in there life,,, nobody who sells a car with a rattle will say " its fine at the moment but its gonna start getting worse then die"
people buying cars will belive the " it should rattle on start up then shut up after a few seconds" cause the noise goes,,,,,,,, just like when you melt a engine or it starts to smoke/knock its pants off you turn the engine off and start it again in the mornin just incase its fixed the issue,,, and if it done happen you put it down as a " close call"
vanos is fucked with a rattle,,,, thats what the rattle is telling you just its not totally fucked, its the vano's way of saying " get me looked at before i die and really fuck your pocket "
Sorry Ginge, i will disagree with you completely, the Vanos WILL rattle for no more than 5 seconds on start up - its perfectly normal. Any more than that then i agree, its probably knack'd
a bottom end rattle is different i agree, but a Vanos will rattle
i was given this information on very good authority from a BMW engineer
here's a few threads for you Ginge from other knowledgeable people, they say exactly what i'm saying
https://passionford.com/forum/showth...ighlight=vanos half way down the thread, from Stu
https://passionford.com/forum/showth...ighlight=vanos 9th post down from JJ
Matt