Recent content by Charlie-silver172

So if the engine mounts are fucked, why would they cause it to make that grinding noise??

I'm not sure if this is me being paranoid or if there's a genuine issue, but if I accelerate hard in 1st gear there's a vibrating/grind noise coming from the front which I can just about feel through the steering wheel. The noise isn't loud but can be heard and felt easy enough. It's not axel...

Looked a lovely car mate considering the miles its done! Seems like its gonna stay that way too

My ph2 has recently clicked over 112k, I bought it on 105k and the only issue I've had was the timing belt skipping but I'm putting that down to a s**t tensioner/belt that was fitted previously barely uses any oil either, doubt it's had an easy life too. Id trust it to get me anywhere

Is the car on a ramp? If so, try and wedge a crow bar in the slot where the pinch bolt goes through to open it up a tad, then spread some copper slip all over the inside of the hole and the balljoint itself they are ment to be tight, and it can be a b*****d to do sometimes. Just gotta be...

Mine does this sometimes when it's really cold out, sit at a constant speed and it'll start juddering until you let off or in my case when the engine warms up a little bit more not sure what it is

Loudest I've heard was mine with the sportex that I bought it with. Crappy un silenced system which I then managed to blow the baffles out of the backbox. The drone at 30/40 and 60/70 was horrific

Coming from the top end, hard to say what it is valve, lifter, dephaser etc get it looked at, definitely avoid driving it if you can

On a different note, I got my ktec recessed cat back come through a little while ago, I've checked the box and there's no template or instructions for the cut out in the bumper, has anyone got the measurements?

Goes better than when the timing was out of course ;) cant really compare it to how it was before, but it seems to go alright

Cars fixed! No more knocky dephaser noise you boys were right, turns out it WAS the timing! Belt skipped probably due to a knackered tensioner etc Not sure why he didn't notice this before but f**kit I've got my car back that's all I care about...

That's what's worrying me

It only makes the noise when warmed up, the oil is elf evolution 5w40

When parked up the noise came at about 3k when revved up normally, and the only place it was measured from was before the switch

Not sure on the specific values but he said he measured it before the oil switch and it dropped to 2.5bar as soon as the noise started