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01 almera growling noise.

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  • 20-03-2012 10:44am
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    irelandspurs
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    The almera sounds fine when idling but soon as you accelerate you get a growling/rough noise coming from low down in the engine,I thought it may have been timing chain but the noise is to low down in the engine for it.
    Any suggestions what it might be,I know its hard without seeing it.
    I was going to give the engine a flush and change the oil and filter see does this improve it.


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    #2
    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    :(


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    -Corkie-
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    Sounds like gearbox bearings..


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Sounds like gearbox bearings..

    Yeah it sounds somewhere around the gearbox but wasn't 100% sure,Gearbox has been changed at some point by previous owners as i noticed 03 almera wrote on it with the pens scrapyards use.
    Is this expensive job it it turns out to be bearings?


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    Car was advertised as having a new drive and clutch,so i'd say they have tried fixing this problem to no avail.I'm a stupid c**t i always get stuck with pieces of ****e.:mad:


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    [Deleted User]
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    If it was the box typically it would get noisier as you ease off the accelerator too.


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    RoverJames wrote: »
    If it was the box typically it would get noisier as you ease off the accelerator too.

    no this is only when accelerating its louder in 1st 2nd and 3rd gear


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    I've just been inside car and did video hopefully you can hear,didn't want to rev to loud and wake the baby :o
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRWRmkvMtyA


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    #9
    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    Any mechanics on here recognise the noise in the vid?


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    mercenary2
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    it would be best if you take video over engine in day light showing engine as it accelerates


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    mercenary2 wrote: »
    it would be best if you take video over engine in day light showing engine as it accelerates

    ok will do that today sometime,can you hear the noise i'm on about though,doesn't sound good does it.:(


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    sidcon
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    irelandspurs wrote: »
    mercenary2 wrote: »
    it would be best if you take video over engine in day light showing engine as it accelerates

    ok will do that today sometime,can you hear the noise i'm on about though,doesn't sound good does it.:(
    That's the same noise I had over the weekend, I now have no car and need a new gearbox and I drove on it and broke all the pieces. Get it to a garage quick


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    sidcon wrote: »
    That's the same noise I had over the weekend, I now have no car and need a new gearbox and I drove on it and broke all the pieces. Get it to a garage quick

    I'll be taking it to the bog with some petrol and matches,gearbox will be more than the cars worth.


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    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Almeras are notorious for crap gearboxes. Surely you could get a reconditioned one nowadaya?


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    just had another look now and done video,it sounds to me to be coming from behind the injectors is this where the inlet manifold is as to me it sounds like something blowing.


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XfocSXaDZk


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    I'll send in to mechanic in next few days just wanted some ideas what it could be so i'm not getting spun a few lies by mechanic.


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    Piston slap maybe?


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    [Deleted User]
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    irelandspurs wrote: »
    Piston slap maybe?

    Sounds worse than that to me, is there oil in it?


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    Tea drinker
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    It's not a tensioner or busted alternator or something like that? Can you run it without any auxilliary belts on for a few seconds?


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    #21
    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Sounds worse than that to me, is there oil in it?

    Yeah there's oil in it but there's not to say its been neglected previously,I've only had the car 2 weeks :(


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    #22
    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    Any mechanics want some painting done in there house in exchange for fixing this for me,lol :)


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    #23
    dharn
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    sounds like a muscle car v8 growl ..could it be the exaust manifold gasget


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    Mycroft H
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    dharn wrote: »
    sounds like a muscle car v8 growl ..could it be the exaust manifold gasget


    Shounds a bit bad to be the exhaust manifold gasket. Any of them that I've seen gone just sound like a blowing exhaust, only worse. There is some sort of knocking going on there. Not sure what though.


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    #25
    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    I've been looking at this all day now and the noise is 100% low down in the engine.I was told that the car got a full service a month before i bought it but have checked air filter and someone has wrote 23-11-07 in marker so take it the filter hasn't been changed since then,so changes are the oil the same.
    Is it worth me giving it a good service with fresh oil see does it solve anything or am i just pissing in the wind.
    Photo0084.jpg


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    :(


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    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    sorry to keep asking questions,I've checked the timing chain guide and is out 11ml could this be my problem?
    Photo0087.jpg
    Photo0088.jpg


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    irelandspurs wrote: »
    ...............I was told that the car got a full service a month before i bought it but have checked air filter and someone has wrote 23-11-07 in marker so take it the filter hasn't been changed since then,so changes are the oil the same.......................

    Air filters are often neglected, 3 year old engine oil would be as black as night.


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    #29
    sealgaire
    Registered Users Posts: 734 ✭✭✭sealgaire


    i had something similar a few years ago and it turned out to be a loose airfilter cover.


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    #30
    irelandspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Air filters are often neglected, 3 year old engine oil would be as black as night.
    The oil is black but not that black.Mechanic drove it and showed me how to check timing chain which i did and he said it would be cheaper to replace the engine than doing the chain,is this right or am i being strung along.


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    irelandspurs wrote: »
    .......... he said it would be cheaper to replace the engine than doing the chain,is this right or am i being strung along.

    Dunno, the bits would be at least €200 I suppose, dunno can the chain be done without taking out the engine or not, if it's an engine out job it would depend on how much a replacement fitted engine would cost. Actually doing the chain etc would be more than a few hours labour too of course.


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