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Rust coloured dust in engine bay

  • 23-02-2019 11:03pm
    #1
    Jim79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭


    i have a vectra c for more years than i care to remember it is 2008 145k miles on clock, lately i popped the bonnet recently and saw a fine rust coloured dust all over the engine bay never saw this before. any thoughts as to what the source of this is?


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  • #2
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,084 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Coolant leak?

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3
    9935452
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭9935452


    What part of the country are you from?

    Cars got covered here from red dust from aughinish years ago.
    It could be something similar


  • #4
    Jim79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭Jim79


    the coolant level is the same. i dont live near aughinish.

    one other clue i am not sure if its a red herring, but i get a tremor while driving at >70mph on motorway i was wondering if caliper might be stuck i noticed that there was quite a bit of brake dust on left front tyre and maybe that could be it. i need to take a closer look


  • #5
    ORVEE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭ORVEE


    Could be the dual mass flywheel on its way out(if it has one). Saw something similar on friends Kia Sportage.


  • #6
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Sounds like a bearing is going somewhere, rusty dust is usually from a failing bearing or similar, if its a lot then I'd be taking a good look around the engine bay and seeing if I can see if there is an area where its originating, run the engine at various revs to see if there is a squeal.
    It can come from rusty pulleys as well, where the serpentine belt runs over them.


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