hi can any one help with an anoying rattle i get on 1st start up it sounds like it comes from the right side of the engine bay looking from the front of the car and lasts about a second on initial start up then goes away after that the engine sounds sweet on tick over and pulls like a train its just 1st start mainly in the mornings and its starting to make me go mad anyone experianced this before?????????

 

Sounds like abit of piston slap to me!!

My old v4 type r did it never caused me any problems tho!!

Harri.

 

fair enough ive heard alot about this some people are saying it can be down to cold weather???? would changing oil and oil filter help with this????

 

Its just a noise mate.
Putting a thicker oil in may make it a little better,but you wont have as much cold start protection,so that defeats the object for me.
If it goes when fully warm,dont worry about it

 

yeh i understand that i just didnt want to do any damage really the rattle only last literaly a second or 2 i just dont uderstand where the noise is coming from its doing my nut in lol

 

My car has done that for a couple of years, never caused a problem though, no idea what it is, but maybe something to do with the starter motor.

 

hi i did think maybe starter because it does sound like its coming from that area to be fair and the rattle only last for about a second then goes away

 

Weak bearing in the starter maybe.

 

Does the oil pressure light go off straight away or when the brief rattle stops ??

Mick

 

hi mick yeah all lights go out as they should on start up its just annoying more then anything i started it this morning and no noise so it does it when it feels like it really but 9 times out of 10 it does it

 

Im not an expert on engines by all means but I had a similar problem with my old classic wrx, it did it in initial start up then went away after a few seconds so thought nothing of it then it got worse and didn't stop until the engine got warm but still drove ok, it turns out after alot of ball ache and worry it was a sticking valve due to some dodgy oil, keep the oil changed regularly and it might clear the problem I was told but after many litres of good oil later and an empty wallet I got fed up and took it to the garage, it was too late for mine and the valve had to be changed :-( sorry to worry you

 

ok cheers for that im open to any advise on it to be honest it started doing it when i done an oil change and used **** cheap oil i now run good oil as soon as it started doing the noise so fingers crossed it does 1 coz its driving me mad lol

 

Same as me, I never use cheap oil only the best for my bugeye and so far never a problem. Good luck

 

post a vid up as a sticky starter can make a horrible noise

 

yeah ile try and post a vid im thinking maybe starter so ive ordered a new 1 hopefully it will cure it ile let you know

 

start from cold, and lift the revs up and down slowly around the 3250 to 2500 mark,

If the rattle is more around the 3k mark then its a worry. if its a constsnt rattle at all revs its better news.

 

hi it only rattles on 1st start and last about a second or 2 and dosnt rattle on rev up to be honest it maybe the starter not retracting fully i hope

 

fitted my new starter motor today and its cured it cheers for all the advise nice 1

 

Thanks for posting up the reason and the result. It's so annoying when you follow a thread such as this but never find out what happened. I'm glad you're sorted out.

 

+1

 

+1

 

Could be something as simple as your front strut brace bar. take it off and start up car..

 

Pillock who cant read . . .

 

Totally agree. Good stuff