So heres a story of things ive had replaced in 6 weeks on this van:
timing belt
tensioner
idler
thermostat
tires
sway / roll bar links
a few split air hoses
glow plugs (and carbon cleaned)
air,fuel and oil filters
after driving 3000 miles the van developed a shake. the entire exhaust system shook, the engine shook, everything shook - at idle. Badly.
Was diagnosed as injectors -replaced those also.
the shake dissappeared (thank god) but was replaced with a lovely blue smoke at idle and an odd unrhythmnic rattle.
Back in we go - replaced the disintergrated crush washers / heat sheild washers hoping to cure the smoke and the little rattle.
Both still exist.
Ive uploaded two videos to youtube and have linked them below if anyone wants to help me play "guess that rattle" ?
Its NOT regular and rhythmnic noise. Just had another oil and oil filter change. and trans fluid and both are fine.
You can hear the rattle in the background in the idle and the acceleration video. Its a weird noise - like shaking some small screws / peanuts around in a tin - you'll see what i mean. And its much louder underneath the van than inside the cab.
Ive just moved out into a really rural area and now drive 1hr 10 min each way to work twice a week so i need to work this out asap.
Please bear in mind my mechanical knowledge is somewhat limited so i wont be poking around taking things apart myself, but id love some opinions and i do understand how things work etc.
Both diesel mechanics in the new small town im near have blown me off via email after making appointments.....which sucks really badly.
My last 2 hiaces ran great for 11yrs with barely a single repair.
here are the vids:
https://youtu.be/ZiaubVSFCpM
timing belt
tensioner
idler
thermostat
tires
sway / roll bar links
a few split air hoses
glow plugs (and carbon cleaned)
air,fuel and oil filters
after driving 3000 miles the van developed a shake. the entire exhaust system shook, the engine shook, everything shook - at idle. Badly.
Was diagnosed as injectors -replaced those also.
the shake dissappeared (thank god) but was replaced with a lovely blue smoke at idle and an odd unrhythmnic rattle.
Back in we go - replaced the disintergrated crush washers / heat sheild washers hoping to cure the smoke and the little rattle.
Both still exist.
Ive uploaded two videos to youtube and have linked them below if anyone wants to help me play "guess that rattle" ?
Its NOT regular and rhythmnic noise. Just had another oil and oil filter change. and trans fluid and both are fine.
You can hear the rattle in the background in the idle and the acceleration video. Its a weird noise - like shaking some small screws / peanuts around in a tin - you'll see what i mean. And its much louder underneath the van than inside the cab.
Ive just moved out into a really rural area and now drive 1hr 10 min each way to work twice a week so i need to work this out asap.
Please bear in mind my mechanical knowledge is somewhat limited so i wont be poking around taking things apart myself, but id love some opinions and i do understand how things work etc.
Both diesel mechanics in the new small town im near have blown me off via email after making appointments.....which sucks really badly.
My last 2 hiaces ran great for 11yrs with barely a single repair.
here are the vids:
https://youtu.be/ZiaubVSFCpM