rattle from engine block but confirmed it not tappets

[marshy52]

hi i now have a rattle cumin from the engine block dont sound like tappets. put the car in the garage for a service got it back the rattles still there i heard it could be a pully bearing but not sure if it is that or not any help will b greatfull thanx its a corsa b 1.2 8 valve.

[tattoostu]

if there is a rattle at the bottom then it wont be the tappets as they are in the head???

Could be big end bearings, loose bolts at the bottom of the con rods or warn gudgeon pins, poss bearings gone in the waterpump, warn cambelt pullies????

[BIG DAN]

if it didnt rattle when ity went into the garage for a service then take it back and tell them too fix it !

[tattoostu]

he said...."put the car in the garage for a service got it back the rattles STILL there" so it must have been rattling before it went in for a service

[matty101]

wots the mileage, mines rattling like an old tractor at the moment, 90% sure mines the timing chain.

[BIG DAN]

its a belt on them mate

[tattoostu]

i was just about to put that dan lol

and what would knowing the mileage help you with matty? ive driven cars with no miles upto 200k miles, some with rattles and some without

mileage dont mean poo, its how the cars been treated and serviced really

[BIG DAN]

i had a land rover diesel with 376,000 and it ran sweet as a nut better than 5 year newer model lol ! its how its main tainded if you put it in too sort the problem and they didnt sort it take it bk sorry im a littel slow tday didnt read it propper lol

[tattoostu]

sh*tinhell lol, now thats high mileage

[marshy52]

milege is 110,768 if it was big end bearings what would happen if they gave up fully

[dmiller]

Have you checked all the bolts in the engine bay? I know it sounds daft but you never know - it might be something daft... My radiator fan popped loose on one side and I spent ages figuring that out.

[tattoostu]

big ends shells going would just cause your piston to move around a little more and cause more ware to the engine, eventually knackering your engine, big end shells to be honest dont ware all that easy unless the car has been run without oil at some point in its life

i would check belt pullies first as they are more common for ware or even your waterpump??? can you hear roughly what side, front or back etc?

[BIG DAN]

sh*tinhell lol, now thats high mileage

just shows what an engine will do when looked after

[tattoostu]

ahhh this is true dan

[BIG DAN]

sorry to keep jacking the thread but it was used for off roading too ! but still back to threaed and as said check the bay and see if the noise can be pin pointed to a more acurate area as that could help find it lol!