samson Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) Hi all, new on here and have a problem i hope someone can help with.just bought the misses a lupo 1.0 e ,she loves it and so do i but it has a nasty rattle or vibration between 1500 to 2500 revs,the noise seems to be in front of you from the driving seat and goes away when you rev the car higher, I have only noticed this when driving .any ideas welcomed.thanksregards kevin Edited January 14, 2008 by samson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L119 UPO Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Is it inside the cabin ? theres a little rectangular clip in the center of the windscreen blower that can rattle. Also the tweeters can rattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samson Posted January 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Is it inside the cabin ? theres a little rectangular clip in the center of the windscreen blower that can rattle. Also the tweeters can rattle.hard to tell where its comming from to be honest,it only seems to do it when your driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samson Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 could it be from the cam belt?????????????belt has recently been changed by the previous,at a cost of £75 including the belt,i was thinking it might be one of the tensioners,if these where not changed.car has done i think 86000 miles,or even clutch wear??????,as i have no bills for a new clutch!!what you think!!!regards kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 £75 to do a timing belt including the belt!!! id be questioning that one as the cheapest i can find to do it is £180 including the belt kit .... it takes 2 hours to do apparently and at say £40 an hour for a cheap garage thats £80 in labour alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thats a bit cheap for it to be changed and supplied. You need the cambelt kit, not just the belt itself, since you should change the tensioners on every cambelt change, as these are often prone to going. Also its worth getting the water pump done at the same time. There was a fault ith some water pumps on them because the blade in the pump was made from plastic it would break up, so then there would be no water going round then engine and it would over heat, leading to possible head gasket issues. Its very easy to change the water pump while the cambelt is being done. So its best to get it all done really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfsburgwally Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I had my belt changed about 10k ago.I have had the same rattle on my lupo since.It is more of a rear of dash/inner arch rattle.Clears at 2k revs.I had a look aroud the belt it does not seem to be coming from there.Deffo not the clutch.Had mine changed 3k ago and rattle is still there.Its driving me MAD!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Deffo not the clutch.Had mine changed 3k ago and rattle is still there.Its driving me MAD!!Did they inspect the flywheel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfsburgwally Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Na.Took covers off and had a poke about.Is there a chance it could be the flywheel?Seems more towards the bottom right of dash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Its possible, but without feeling the vibrations its only guess work really.Have you had it into a garage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samson Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 (edited) Thats a bit cheap for it to be changed and supplied. You need the cambelt kit, not just the belt itself, since you should change the tensioners on every cambelt change, as these are often prone to going. Also its worth getting the water pump done at the same time. There was a fault ith some water pumps on them because the blade in the pump was made from plastic it would break up, so then there would be no water going round then engine and it would over heat, leading to possible head gasket issues. Its very easy to change the water pump while the cambelt is being done. So its best to get it all done really! Edited January 10, 2008 by samson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samson Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I had my belt changed about 10k ago.I have had the same rattle on my lupo since.It is more of a rear of dash/inner arch rattle.Clears at 2k revs.I had a look aroud the belt it does not seem to be coming from there.Deffo not the clutch.Had mine changed 3k ago and rattle is still there.Its driving me MAD!!that sounds like the same thing,to be honest havent had time to have a good look at it yet,and £75 for a belt change sounds a bit iffy,i will try and get a price of vw for the full jobthanks for the replysregards kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samson Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 still not had a chance to take a look weather is bad,if me and someone else seem to have the same problem after a belt change could it be that the belt is to tight ???heard of similar issues before come to think about it,thanks in advancekevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 could also be the belt to loose by that note and the vibration is the pistons just lightly tapping the valves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTDI Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) anyone thought more manifold? looe? or a heat shield? it would clear at higher revs becaue the vibration wouldnt be as strong? its first thing id check.. cheaper too lol Edited January 11, 2008 by MattTDI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samson Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 anyone thought more manifold? looe? or a heat shield? it would clear at higher revs becaue the vibration wouldnt be as strong? its first thing id check.. cheaper too lolyeah i suppose it could be something like that its recently had a front pipe according to the records that came with car so you maybe right,but i must addmit i drove it earlier and it does sound down by the right hand side wheel.cheers kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samson Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 FOUND!!!!drivers side inner wing,there is a hole where the cold air feed goes,it fits into a hard foam like box built in to the wing,this was lose and vibrating on the inner wing and on the wheel arch lining,been driving me mad!!!!!!!.I think it should be stuck to the wheel arch or something not just floating about.any way sorted.when looking i found that the exhaust has started breaking on what looks like a flexi pipe before the cat.anyone else had this??think ill take it of and try to weld it.regards kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfsburgwally Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Will have a look at mine tomorrow.Hopefully it is the same rattle(i hope so)Thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samson Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 hope its the same mate ,i bet its been driving you mad??regards kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuttinnew Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Did you just hear the vibration or feel it? Does anyone know if a 6n Polo has a similar set-up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samson Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Did you just hear the vibration or feel it? Does anyone know if a 6n Polo has a similar set-up?could just hear it rattling around matekevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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