Hello. Trying to track down the cure for a rattle type of noise that tends to be when cold and low revs. Cambelt, pulleys done 2 years ago at Eurospec. When I first heard the noise, I thought it was a small exhaust blow but it's not that. Eurospec have stripped the front and had another good look at pulleys, timing belt, tensioners etc and they're fine. They suspect the VVT solenoids or gears.

A bit of research leads to this https://z32.wikispaces.com/Variable+Timing+Control#Function-ECU Control-Non-Turbo which seems to point to the gears (if it happens when cold, the solenoids wouldn't need to operate anyway).

Has anyone had this issue and if so, what was the cure?

Sounds like a small bag of spanners but runs smooth and gets quieter when warm and running at motorway speeds - no horrid noise at all.

 

Cheers (and yes I've come back because I've got an issue with my Zed. At least I've still got a Zed :) )

Order completed at 17:40 on Friday night. Arrived 15:36 Monday.

That's less than one working day from Phoenix Arizona to Berks! Usual excellent service from ConceptZ.

 

Now, as a trivia quiz, what's odd about the extract from the UPS schedule?

Cheers All, Gio

Edited April 3, 20178 yr by Gio
not that pic, idiot, this one

Hi Mike - good to see you're still around, sir!

 

I'm pleased you found the answer - and top marks to Jeff for the remote diagnosis...:thumbup:

 

Richard:cool:

Order completed at 17:40 on Friday night. Arrived 15:36 Monday.

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That's less than one working day from Phoenix Arizona to Berks! Usual excellent service from ConceptZ.

 

Now, as a trivia quiz, what's odd about the extract from the UPS schedule?

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Cheers All, Gio

 

Incredible isn't it. I've had stuff come from China in a few days too. So can someone tell me why it takes days, if that to get stuff from the other side of the world, why the hell it takes about a sodding fortnight to send a card to my parents in France across a bit of water. I could honestly ride a bike there faster, even going the long way round (via Dover). Bloody snail mail.

Stansted to Feltham in 38minutes, good going!

Stansted to Feltham in 38minutes, good going!

You win the prize! 67 miles (according to google) in 38 mins :eek: I thought that would have been pushing it a tad.

What's that...106mph average? Which is Mean average, not accounting for a traffic light or speed camera or lets face it in a van full of parcels a corner :lol: the Median average would have to be considerably higher, 125/130mph, in that same van full of parcels... some creative time keeping skills there I recon.

And to finish off the story (I hope)

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Thanks JeffTT for spot on diagnosis as usual, Thanks ConceptZ for rapid delivery and thanks Eurospec for fitting. And the 24,000 service, rear pads and MOT. Hope that's it until October...

(Next to the yellow sticker from yesterday, I'm pretty sure that's the timing belt sticker from JeffTT on import back in 2011 :) )

Edited April 11, 20178 yr by Gio

Sounds great Mike :thumbup1: