Guest jezziebx16v Posted October 17, 2006 Have suspected something has been up for a while now but put it down to a rattling exhuast and the fact the exhast is so loud i could not hear to much anyway But yesterday after driving at 60 ish then down into a 30 zone the bottom end was rattling like a goodun, i had not been round any fast corners or done any heavy braking, so stopped and done the usual checks (oil and water), all was good so gingerly drove it to the chap who does my servicing. He said straight away that it sounds very much like the big end bearings , but until the sump has come off we wont no. So is this likely to be down to the age of the bearings (98,000) or oilways that are blocked/ oil starvation ? This is all a bit new to me, i've had 2 other Mi powered cars before this one and have never had any trouble with them but this car has probably been treated the best Thanks Jez Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smckeown 1 Posted October 17, 2006 did you look at the oil pressure gauge at the time ? if its knowcking that bad i'd have expected the warning light to be on Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jezziebx16v Posted October 17, 2006 (edited) Yeah forgot to say oil pressure is down from what it used to be but no warning lights on the dash came on. She ain't knocking all the time ie tickover or low revs, managed to get her where i needed to keeping the revs under 1500. Jez Edited October 17, 2006 by jezziebx16v Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
