Rochefort Member 80 Member For: 11y 1m 13d Posted 10/12/13 10:22 AM Share Posted 10/12/13 10:22 AM Hi All,I have a BF MkII Xr6 ute sitting in the driveway on a "overnight testdrive". I have to decide if I want to buy it tomorrow.Noticed that after the engine warms up, there is a ticking/rattle type noise . The missus says "its like a marble rattling around or something" Me, sounds like perhaps something near the timing chain. Maybe its normal.. Havent had a car like it, currently have a turbo diesel surf... lolOnly seems to do it when its sitting idling for a period of time. Go for a drive and come back, noise seems to be gone.. .Although I didn't let it sit idle again for ages to see if it happened again.Is this something to be concerned about?Does also have the diff clink issue which seems to be common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cizzink11 Member 352 Member For: 12y 5m 21d Gender: Male Posted 10/12/13 11:36 AM Share Posted 10/12/13 11:36 AM My 09 fg and a bf xr6t I drove both had a slight tick which was a mixture of injectors and rocker gear which is completely normal. Marbels though... that's another story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fehlbie Donating Members 142 Member For: 15y 9m 20d Posted 10/12/13 11:38 AM Share Posted 10/12/13 11:38 AM Is it manual? If it is it is the gearbox, which is normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,130 Member For: 19y 5m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 10/12/13 11:46 AM Share Posted 10/12/13 11:46 AM Could be idle pulley - its common for its bearings to rattle. Parts to replace it about $25 excluding labour. Have a listen with hood up to see if it is the idle pulley. Happened to me in my BA T. It's just an aging thing- they wear out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 10/12/13 11:58 AM Share Posted 10/12/13 11:58 AM Its probably the camshaft actuator linear retraction alignment roller bearing sleeve bush locking clip,Quite normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m 28d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 10/12/13 12:07 PM Share Posted 10/12/13 12:07 PM (edited) I'm gonna go with...missing rod (and associated injector) for $500 please!Wait make that 2 rods.Probably best to listen to the bloke below me, he holds the world record for number of silver cars in one photo of the house Edited 10/12/13 12:21 PM by -SteveR- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 10/12/13 12:20 PM Share Posted 10/12/13 12:20 PM If you are concerned get it professionally checked outDon't worry about the comments from the 2 TOOLBAGS above me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jas98 Member 1,046 Member For: 12y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Maryborough Qld Posted 10/12/13 02:57 PM Share Posted 10/12/13 02:57 PM id say idle pulley 2ould be a good guess as there very common. Mine (ba xr6t) made no noise but when I decided to replace them (as I never knew if there were ever replaced) I dicovered that one was seized....I have no idea how it still spun the belt...wtf?I replaced with plastic but 9 months later and there not the best again so I brought some nice metal ones....bloddy nice compared to others. with the heat these engins make replace with the metal ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochefort Member 80 Member For: 11y 1m 13d Posted 10/12/13 08:41 PM Author Share Posted 10/12/13 08:41 PM Thanks GuysI ended up driving it around to a mates, it looks like its something to do with the powersteering pump.Dont really notice it till the car sits there idling for awhile, turn the wheel and it makes that rattle noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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