John Bennett
14-04-2006, 23:51
Hi folks :wave:
For the FAQ section (that will appear one day soon), one of the questions will be
'my car has a rattle, what could it be?' as it's always asked.
Now, I figured a reasonable answer to this was to host on our server all the audio and video clips of dying/sick/healthy engines with rattles, and the diagnosis (if there ever was one) so people could decide for themselves.
So I'm asking - anyone got any decent links to videos or sound clips of their engines making rattly noises and did they ever diagnose the rattle (i.e. pull it apart and inspect).
Got these so far:
Andyf (severe big-end failure)
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/big-endsAF.mp3
RichardB (big-ends)
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/big-endsRB.avi
Petrol (possible big-ends :( ??)
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/big-endsPT.wmv
-WJ-'s Hydraulic lifters (AKA Tappets)
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/lifters.wmv
danielk's rattle caused by a dodgy CAS :wack:
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/CASrattle.wmv
An out of line viscous fan (from Spesh)
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/rattle_spesh.avi
Apologies if this seems a bit morbid (in a mechanical sense :wack: ), but I figured it would be of use. Some recordings of non-terminal rattles (i.e. lifters) would be useful too :) .
P.S. if anyone objects to me being using clips of their car, I apologise in advance and I'll take them down :)
For the FAQ section (that will appear one day soon), one of the questions will be
'my car has a rattle, what could it be?' as it's always asked.
Now, I figured a reasonable answer to this was to host on our server all the audio and video clips of dying/sick/healthy engines with rattles, and the diagnosis (if there ever was one) so people could decide for themselves.
So I'm asking - anyone got any decent links to videos or sound clips of their engines making rattly noises and did they ever diagnose the rattle (i.e. pull it apart and inspect).
Got these so far:
Andyf (severe big-end failure)
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/big-endsAF.mp3
RichardB (big-ends)
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/big-endsRB.avi
Petrol (possible big-ends :( ??)
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/big-endsPT.wmv
-WJ-'s Hydraulic lifters (AKA Tappets)
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/lifters.wmv
danielk's rattle caused by a dodgy CAS :wack:
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/CASrattle.wmv
An out of line viscous fan (from Spesh)
http://media.sxoc.com/contributors/s13faq/rattle_spesh.avi
Apologies if this seems a bit morbid (in a mechanical sense :wack: ), but I figured it would be of use. Some recordings of non-terminal rattles (i.e. lifters) would be useful too :) .
P.S. if anyone objects to me being using clips of their car, I apologise in advance and I'll take them down :)