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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: Horness on April 28, 2007, 03:24:35

Title: Rattle in engine bay
Post by: Horness on April 28, 2007, 03:24:35

Picked up a new rattle in the engine bay from this tonight.
(http://www.horness.com/discovery/engine.jpg)
Sounds like rattle is coming from under the black cover.

...what is it? ...and what does it mean when it sounds like 2 skeletons fighting in a tin can?

Apologies if I don't reply tonight... I'm off to bed now.

Advice etc., as always, appreciated.
Thanks
Horness

Title: Re: Rattle in engine bay
Post by: DiscoCWK on April 28, 2007, 09:28:42

Quote from: "Horness"

Picked up a new rattle in the engine bay from this tonight.
(http://www.horness.com/discovery/engine.jpg)
Sounds like rattle is coming from under the black cover.

...what is it? ...and what does it mean when it sounds like 2 skeletons fighting in a tin can?

Apologies if I don't reply tonight... I'm off to bed now.

Advice etc., as always, appreciated.
Thanks
Horness

That be the Air conditioning compressor!

Title: Rattle in engine bay
Post by: skip on April 28, 2007, 09:52:47

That'll be the diesel engine :lol:  :lol:  surprised you never noticed :lol:  :lol:

Title: Rattle in engine bay
Post by: stageonesimmo on April 28, 2007, 09:53:38

It has an electric 'clutch' that can sound like a skeleton in a tin can if its 'chattering' as in trying to lock/unlock constantly - does it make the noise with the air con on or off?......

Title: Rattle in engine bay
Post by: Horness on April 28, 2007, 16:17:40

Quote from: "skip"

That'll be the diesel engine :lol:  :lol:  surprised you never noticed :lol:  :lol:

 :roll:

stageonesimmo - it's making the noise with the air con off.

Does this mean I could just get a shorter aux drive belt and disconnect it?  It ran out of gas ages ago anyway.

Thanks
Horness

Title: Rattle in engine bay
Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 29, 2007, 13:59:40

Yes but, it has a different belt tensioner and you can't buy the pulley on it's own anymore so it's £40 plus the belt to take the airconn pump off.

Title: Rattle in engine bay
Post by: Horness on April 29, 2007, 22:06:08

Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"

Yes but, it has a different belt tensioner and you can't buy the pulley on it's own anymore so it's £40 plus the belt to take the airconn pump off.

Thanks - that may be cheaper than repairing the aircon pump though.  :wink:

Horness