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  1. #1

    Clio 1.8 16v strange noise

    Hi All,

    I'm new around here, hope I post this thread in the wright section.
    So here's the thing.
    The engine makes a very strange noise which seems to come form the right (around the gearbox area) or the back of the engine (where the starter is located).
    Initially I thought it was the timing belt and pulleys, but I changed them and this awful sound is still present.

    In this first video, the awful sound seems to amplify, when I move my phone slightly to the left:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxPm...f3welj3jtjap4g

    In the second video, you can hear this awful sound cutting off when the engine is completely turned off:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3Ac...ature=youtu.be

    Does anyone have any idea of what could be the cause for this strange noise?

  2. #2
    first I thought water pump / alternator .. have you started it with fan belt removed ,that would rule out those 2.
    Does it make the same noise with the clutch pressed?

  3. #3
    Yes, the guys that I went to, started it without the fan and alternator belt and the noise is still present.
    And yes, I pressed the clutch, but nothing, the noise is still there :(.

  4. #4
    Update: The noise seems to start gradually, when the engine is heating up

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    Um, I would take off the air filter, looks like a k&n, it may be that which is vibrating.

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    Don't think is the air filter, because after I installed the 1.8 16v engine in the car (the car is a track car project, it was an 1.2 mk1 clio) I ran about 2 weeks (short mileage, here and there...max 50 miles) with the throttle body in open air, without any air filter and the noise was present then also.

  7. #7
    Sounds to me like the noise is being caused by something rotating tbh


 

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