Barkie
Member
Good morning all
I hope to get some advice from you guy's. Must i repair or replace!
My old trusty remapped 330d bite back yesterday.(184000 km, 2004)
As i pulled away from my house, i heard a funny noise and opened my window, just to hear it's my car's engine making these noises. On idle there was no noise but on about 1500 RPM i could hear all is not well. Get her back to my house, was about 100m, and into my garage on idle.
Was scared to restart, but opened the hood and restart. Was normal and as i increased the RPM to just above idle, the noise was back and it sounded as if it was comming from the head. Sounded like a bearing knock. If i open the oil filler cap, the sound is much louder and you can hear it on idle.
Where and how do i start? Suppose i have to remove the tappet cover to see what's cooking.
Want to share the following as well. It was if the car was smoking more on start-up the last few weeks, 3 or 4 times the engine was like it was not on all 6 cilinders when i start. This is just for a second or so, not more. If someone else would have start her up, they would not even notice this. For the last 3 months i only use the car on weekends. Using Helix Ultra every 7500km with filter change the same time.
The worst thing of all is that i am here in the bushes with no decent mechanic to help me out.
What a way to start my new week!
All info welcome!!!
Barkie.
I hope to get some advice from you guy's. Must i repair or replace!
My old trusty remapped 330d bite back yesterday.(184000 km, 2004)
As i pulled away from my house, i heard a funny noise and opened my window, just to hear it's my car's engine making these noises. On idle there was no noise but on about 1500 RPM i could hear all is not well. Get her back to my house, was about 100m, and into my garage on idle.
Was scared to restart, but opened the hood and restart. Was normal and as i increased the RPM to just above idle, the noise was back and it sounded as if it was comming from the head. Sounded like a bearing knock. If i open the oil filler cap, the sound is much louder and you can hear it on idle.
Where and how do i start? Suppose i have to remove the tappet cover to see what's cooking.
Want to share the following as well. It was if the car was smoking more on start-up the last few weeks, 3 or 4 times the engine was like it was not on all 6 cilinders when i start. This is just for a second or so, not more. If someone else would have start her up, they would not even notice this. For the last 3 months i only use the car on weekends. Using Helix Ultra every 7500km with filter change the same time.
The worst thing of all is that i am here in the bushes with no decent mechanic to help me out.
What a way to start my new week!
All info welcome!!!
Barkie.
