My car sounds terrible :(

Austin · 7th March 2007, 08:05

Hi Group, please can I tell the symtoms and see if someone can take a guess?

Its intermittant, I can feel a rumbling/vibration from the clutch peddal. There is no power loss or problem selecting gears. When the car is slowing down under the gears i.e. not the brake, you can hear a whuring noise. And yesterday afternoon there was a realy loud knocking sound coming from the engine lump but after restarting the engine the niose went away. Its only seems to happen when the car is warm. I have not filled up with fuel in two weeks. The dipstick/oil cap and water tank cap are clean! And there is pleanty of oil up the dipstick.

My car is a tool to me and I am concerned that I will get stranded not being able to get to work

Any comments greatfully recieved.

Austin

JohnFol · 7th March 2007, 08:38

Hi Austin. Which engine is it?

Austin · 7th March 2007, 08:52

What a wally - its a 2003 CDTi MG ZT

Ti Rich · 7th March 2007, 18:02

Whuring noise could be the cooling fan wiring catching on the cooling fan - worth checking.

Phil · 7th March 2007, 19:00

Maybe the clutch release bearing? Whats the milage?

Austin · 7th March 2007, 20:44

Hi Phil, its done 47k.

icogger · 8th March 2007, 12:31

Hope it isn't but sounds to me like flywheel (from personal experience)

Austin · 9th March 2007, 09:00

I Hope not too. I can't see what can go wrong with a round piece of metal?

Phil · 9th March 2007, 18:43

Its a dual mass flywheel. Which, is kind of in two pieces, dampened so as to reduce shock loading. if the dampening effect siezes up up would get a vibration. Is that right guys and girls?

7th March 2007, 08:05	#1
Austin Newbie MG ZT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redditch Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My car sounds terrible :( Hi Group, please can I tell the symtoms and see if someone can take a guess? Its intermittant, I can feel a rumbling/vibration from the clutch peddal. There is no power loss or problem selecting gears. When the car is slowing down under the gears i.e. not the brake, you can hear a whuring noise. And yesterday afternoon there was a realy loud knocking sound coming from the engine lump but after restarting the engine the niose went away. Its only seems to happen when the car is warm. I have not filled up with fuel in two weeks. The dipstick/oil cap and water tank cap are clean! And there is pleanty of oil up the dipstick. My car is a tool to me and I am concerned that I will get stranded not being able to get to work Any comments greatfully recieved. Austin Last edited by Austin; 7th March 2007 at 14:24..

7th March 2007, 08:52	#3
Austin Newbie MG ZT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redditch Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What a wally - its a 2003 CDTi MG ZT What a wally - its a 2003 CDTi MG ZT

7th March 2007, 18:02	#4
Ti Rich Gets stuck in Audi A6 TDi 175 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dudley Posts: 572 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Whuring noise could be the cooling fan wiring catching on the cooling fan - worth checking. __________________ CD(Ti Rich) Audi A6 C7 TDI - zzzzzzzzzzzzzz, so boring!! BMW 330d M-Sport - Gone and missed ZT CDTi, gone but not forgotten!

7th March 2007, 19:00	#5
Phil This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Connoisseur SE Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wales Posts: 12,227 Thanks: 469 Thanked 523 Times in 241 Posts	Maybe the clutch release bearing? Whats the milage? __________________

9th March 2007, 18:43	#9
Phil This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Connoisseur SE Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wales Posts: 12,227 Thanks: 469 Thanked 523 Times in 241 Posts	Its a dual mass flywheel. Which, is kind of in two pieces, dampened so as to reduce shock loading. if the dampening effect siezes up up would get a vibration. Is that right guys and girls? __________________

7th March 2007, 08:38	#2
JohnFol Gets stuck in 75 Conn SE - XVWY* Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Reading Posts: 564 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Hi Austin. Which engine is it?

7th March 2007, 20:44	#6
Austin Newbie MG ZT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redditch Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi Phil, its done 47k.

8th March 2007, 12:31	#7
icogger Regular poster 75 Saloon CDT Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Hope it isn't but sounds to me like flywheel (from personal experience)

9th March 2007, 09:00	#8
Austin Newbie MG ZT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redditch Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I Hope not too. I can't see what can go wrong with a round piece of metal?