jono1492
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hey guys, I don't know a lot about cars, but I'm tying to learn, so bare with me.
Basically, about a week ago my engine started to make a ticking noise when I accelerated, it wasn't too loud and a mate suggested it may be the lifters, over a few days of regular use it got excessively loud(to the point where it practically drowned out the engine), a couple of days ago I did an oil change and flushed it with oil cleaner and used lifter treatment but there was no change. I thought it may be a manifold leak, but before I could look more into it it started making a really bad, kind of loud rattling noise(It's hard to explain wjhat it sounds like). It's a fairly harsh noise but I can only hear it when idling and it gets louder when steering while moving slowly.
I'm a bit concerned as I've been in and out of the mechanic and spent a fair bit of money to get it running good, before this there were no signs of damage and it had been running great.
Any help would be awesome, cheers
EDIT* I got the RAC to have a look, and he diagnosed it straight away as the front pulley, took the drive belt of and no noise, so my next question would be, where can I get a front pulley, for how much and is this something I can do myself? cheers
Basically, about a week ago my engine started to make a ticking noise when I accelerated, it wasn't too loud and a mate suggested it may be the lifters, over a few days of regular use it got excessively loud(to the point where it practically drowned out the engine), a couple of days ago I did an oil change and flushed it with oil cleaner and used lifter treatment but there was no change. I thought it may be a manifold leak, but before I could look more into it it started making a really bad, kind of loud rattling noise(It's hard to explain wjhat it sounds like). It's a fairly harsh noise but I can only hear it when idling and it gets louder when steering while moving slowly.
I'm a bit concerned as I've been in and out of the mechanic and spent a fair bit of money to get it running good, before this there were no signs of damage and it had been running great.
Any help would be awesome, cheers
EDIT* I got the RAC to have a look, and he diagnosed it straight away as the front pulley, took the drive belt of and no noise, so my next question would be, where can I get a front pulley, for how much and is this something I can do myself? cheers
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