Well, the horrible rattling coming from the Signum is getting worse now and I finally decided to take it to VX finally to get it sorted...
Well, dropped it off at 8.30 this morning, picked it up at 12.30...
"We cant find anything wrong with it and no rattle... that's £38 please..."
Annoyed, I asked to take a mechanic on a drive with me so he could hear the noise...
"They're all out to lunch, back at 1.30ish, come back then and they'll have another look"
SO I take it back, was left standing around like a prize pr1ck for 30mins whilst they played games to see who was making the tea...
FINALLY someone came out, took him for a drive, the guy jumps in. So off we go down some back round industrial estate. So I show him how the noise/rattle comes on...
ALWAYS happens at 1500 revs or so, in 2nd or 3rd, until around 3000 revs, when pulling away, even down hill. She sounds like the cars going to fall apart! Ok, so at least now they have heard the noise that they claimed not to hear before. So they take it back onto the ramp...
2 Hours later...
"Sorry sir, we still cant find anything wrong..."
Seriously, WTF is happening to my car! They claim its not the fanbelt, timing belt, exhaust, camchain, heatshield... I took a print out of my last thread reference this problem, and they counted all of them out.
So just a bit about the noise if anyone else has any ideas -
Loud Rattle (Metalic) at slow speeds, 15mph - 20mph in 2nd, 20-25mph in 3rd. All other gears, 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th fine. Only happens when moving (obviously LOL) no noise or rattle from aggressive or gentle revving of the engine when idle.
Thanks for reading...
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