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Re: <E36>REPLY-Rattling M42 engine at warm idle.
- Subject: Re: <E36>REPLY-Rattling M42 engine at warm idle.
- From: John G.Burns <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 20:22:09 BST
> I have this EXACT same noise, and to be honest, have had it for at least a
> year, maybe more? Im still on my original water pump, but did replace all
> drive belts sometime last year. If I recall, I _think_ someone once said
> this rattling noise is caused by the timing chanin tensioner, which
> allegedly is an easy item to replace for a do-it-yourselfer, although I have
> yet to fool with mine.
I had a new chain tensioner installed when the profile
gasket was done last winter. The problem existed before and
after so that's unlikely to be the cause :-(
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