Hi everybody! Mine names mike,
I bought a BMW 318ti compact sport about 5 months ago, after I bought it i noticed it had a small rattle from the engine, I've done a lot of searches on the web to find out what he issues could be, I've replaced the chain tensioner with a genuine BMW one, a long life oil and filter change with no fix! I hen inspected even more by taking the rocker cover off etc to see if I could see anything out of he norm, it all looked ok. I unplugged the valve tonic worm gear that's ontop of the rocker cover and the noise had gone! I then replaced this for a new one from BMW and had it coded by a BMW specialist, still no fix!
The noise happens on and off, it sounds like it at the top of the engine near the vanos. I can start it on a cold morning and the noise is there, I could start it on a different cold morning and it's fine? If he car is warm and the noise isn't there if I just rest my foot on the acelerater pedal the noise is there, I can hear it through 1st and 2nd gear nearly all the time, it getting on nerves now and can't seem to enjoy driving the car because I'm listening for the noise. Also I find car seems to be fast sometimes but the it can be very sluggish, especially below 2k rpm?
If anyone can help I would be very grateful thanks.
I bought a BMW 318ti compact sport about 5 months ago, after I bought it i noticed it had a small rattle from the engine, I've done a lot of searches on the web to find out what he issues could be, I've replaced the chain tensioner with a genuine BMW one, a long life oil and filter change with no fix! I hen inspected even more by taking the rocker cover off etc to see if I could see anything out of he norm, it all looked ok. I unplugged the valve tonic worm gear that's ontop of the rocker cover and the noise had gone! I then replaced this for a new one from BMW and had it coded by a BMW specialist, still no fix!
The noise happens on and off, it sounds like it at the top of the engine near the vanos. I can start it on a cold morning and the noise is there, I could start it on a different cold morning and it's fine? If he car is warm and the noise isn't there if I just rest my foot on the acelerater pedal the noise is there, I can hear it through 1st and 2nd gear nearly all the time, it getting on nerves now and can't seem to enjoy driving the car because I'm listening for the noise. Also I find car seems to be fast sometimes but the it can be very sluggish, especially below 2k rpm?
If anyone can help I would be very grateful thanks.