Scotsman

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Still new to the Scooby, so not yet sure what is normal and what isn't.

When I stop the car before switching the engine off and let it have it's 2 mins idle, the engine is really loud in the creaking/ticking department whilst it cools down.

Is this normal? Never heard it so loud on a car before!

I'm not really driving it that hard either.

Scotsman.

Karlos

Scotsman,

My MY96 is the same, however my exhaust manifold shield is screwed (rattly & noisy) so put it down to this cooling down.

Is the tinking and boinging quite tinny? If so it's probably this shield.

Karlos

JohnD

iTrader: (5)

This is perfectly normal and is due to the various hot bits as they cool down. there is a lot of heat shielding on the exhaust system and this combined with the exhaust piping itself creates a lot of noise. the handbook actually makes mention of this!
JohnD

Scotsman

iTrader: (3)

Thx for the reassurance

It sounds fine - just a LOT noiser than I've ever had on other cars (normal ones!).

JohnD

iTrader: (5)

Scotsman
Its only really a problem when you arrive home far too late, let the engine idle for a minute, switch off, only to hear the b****y thing ticking away! Mine doesn`t do it so much since I fitted a s/s downpipe.
JohnD