morning start rattle, timing chain?
#1
morning start rattle, timing chain?
every once in a while, especially in the morning, when i start the car, and it revs up to about 2k rpm, sounds like ther is a rattle at about 1700 rmps. i dont know what timing chain rattle sounds like, but i imagine this may be it. this happens maybe 1 out of every 10 starts, and most often on a cold morning.
are these the simptoms you guys experience with the oil consumption/timing chain rattle?
any thing i can check to put me on the right path of fixing, or at least troublshooting this? or is this pretty normal?
i have around 43k miles on my car.
are these the simptoms you guys experience with the oil consumption/timing chain rattle?
any thing i can check to put me on the right path of fixing, or at least troublshooting this? or is this pretty normal?
i have around 43k miles on my car.
#5
Originally Posted by chr0nos
ok, thanks for the replies. what are the ABNORMAL symptmos of timing chain rattle, associated with oil burning issues?
i think there was a thread on this a few weeks ago.
i think there was a thread on this a few weeks ago.
#7
Originally Posted by chr0nos
every once in a while, especially in the morning, when i start the car, and it revs up to about 2k rpm, sounds like ther is a rattle at about 1700 rmps. i dont know what timing chain rattle sounds like, but i imagine this may be it. this happens maybe 1 out of every 10 starts, and most often on a cold morning.
are these the simptoms you guys experience with the oil consumption/timing chain rattle?
any thing i can check to put me on the right path of fixing, or at least troublshooting this? or is this pretty normal?
i have around 43k miles on my car.
are these the simptoms you guys experience with the oil consumption/timing chain rattle?
any thing i can check to put me on the right path of fixing, or at least troublshooting this? or is this pretty normal?
i have around 43k miles on my car.
I have about 60K miles on my car and zero oil consumption. And I have read on here and was told by Nissan that this noise is an annoyance more than it is an actual serious mechanical problem on the car.
As far as oil consumption, the timing chain rattle "could" be an indication of low oil levels, but is not necessarily so.
#8
**Watch out you guys, this could be more trouble, I just sent my car in to the Dealer Monday because of this problem**
Can anybody help!? About a year ago I told Nissan that my '02 Maxima was making a rattling sound at start up (when cold) and at low RPMs when accelerating. the guy at the dealer said he didn't know what it could be but that he heard it (he did mention it could just be the fact that my car has a chain instead of a belt). Well a few days ago I started my car up and it sounded like the engine had a box of rocks dumped in it (needless to say I had to have it towed to the dealer)! the dealer speculates its the tensioner and plans to change the chain out as well. as luck should have it, my extended warranty (aftermarket) is having some sort of trouble and I'm not guaranteed they'll pay for this repair, so I need to decide whether I'm:
a) willing to foot the $1,400+ to have Nissan do the work (and hope they don't find more damage after all this time of hearing that sound, they tell me that perhaps there could be more work required once they get in there but I need to approve the first part first)
b) take it elsewhere and have them do the work, or
c) get rid of the car and consider my headache over with.
You guys always have great input/ideas, any thoughts? My car has 77K highway miles, and I like it a lot, but this is the most disappointed I've been with a Nissan. I've taken great care of it, but starting with the sound system (Bose system always skipping), this car has been a series of headaches for me since I bought it brand new in 2002. Thanks for all the help!
Can anybody help!? About a year ago I told Nissan that my '02 Maxima was making a rattling sound at start up (when cold) and at low RPMs when accelerating. the guy at the dealer said he didn't know what it could be but that he heard it (he did mention it could just be the fact that my car has a chain instead of a belt). Well a few days ago I started my car up and it sounded like the engine had a box of rocks dumped in it (needless to say I had to have it towed to the dealer)! the dealer speculates its the tensioner and plans to change the chain out as well. as luck should have it, my extended warranty (aftermarket) is having some sort of trouble and I'm not guaranteed they'll pay for this repair, so I need to decide whether I'm:
a) willing to foot the $1,400+ to have Nissan do the work (and hope they don't find more damage after all this time of hearing that sound, they tell me that perhaps there could be more work required once they get in there but I need to approve the first part first)
b) take it elsewhere and have them do the work, or
c) get rid of the car and consider my headache over with.
You guys always have great input/ideas, any thoughts? My car has 77K highway miles, and I like it a lot, but this is the most disappointed I've been with a Nissan. I've taken great care of it, but starting with the sound system (Bose system always skipping), this car has been a series of headaches for me since I bought it brand new in 2002. Thanks for all the help!
#9
Originally Posted by rimartinez
**Watch out you guys, this could be more trouble, I just sent my car in to the Dealer Monday because of this problem**
Can anybody help!? About a year ago I told Nissan that my '02 Maxima was making a rattling sound at start up (when cold) and at low RPMs when accelerating.
Can anybody help!? About a year ago I told Nissan that my '02 Maxima was making a rattling sound at start up (when cold) and at low RPMs when accelerating.
#11
Same issue here. What I've been doing lately is "blip" the starter a couple of times but don't start the engine... then start the engine as normal. This seems to keep that initial high rev, when starting a cold soaked engine, to a reasonable rev. So far there has been to rattle at start up. I could be crazy, but give it a try and report back....
#12
The cold start rattle is okay.... more importantly does it rattle under load at 2-3k rpms and are you draining the same amount of oil you are putting in, those are the questions to ask I think.
#13
Originally Posted by rimartinez
**Watch out you guys, this could be more trouble, I just sent my car in to the Dealer Monday because of this problem**
Can anybody help!? About a year ago I told Nissan that my '02 Maxima was making a rattling sound at start up (when cold) and at low RPMs when accelerating. the guy at the dealer said he didn't know what it could be but that he heard it (he did mention it could just be the fact that my car has a chain instead of a belt). Well a few days ago I started my car up and it sounded like the engine had a box of rocks dumped in it (needless to say I had to have it towed to the dealer)! the dealer speculates its the tensioner and plans to change the chain out as well. as luck should have it, my extended warranty (aftermarket) is having some sort of trouble and I'm not guaranteed they'll pay for this repair, so I need to decide whether I'm:
a) willing to foot the $1,400+ to have Nissan do the work (and hope they don't find more damage after all this time of hearing that sound, they tell me that perhaps there could be more work required once they get in there but I need to approve the first part first)
b) take it elsewhere and have them do the work, or
c) get rid of the car and consider my headache over with.
You guys always have great input/ideas, any thoughts? My car has 77K highway miles, and I like it a lot, but this is the most disappointed I've been with a Nissan. I've taken great care of it, but starting with the sound system (Bose system always skipping), this car has been a series of headaches for me since I bought it brand new in 2002. Thanks for all the help!
Can anybody help!? About a year ago I told Nissan that my '02 Maxima was making a rattling sound at start up (when cold) and at low RPMs when accelerating. the guy at the dealer said he didn't know what it could be but that he heard it (he did mention it could just be the fact that my car has a chain instead of a belt). Well a few days ago I started my car up and it sounded like the engine had a box of rocks dumped in it (needless to say I had to have it towed to the dealer)! the dealer speculates its the tensioner and plans to change the chain out as well. as luck should have it, my extended warranty (aftermarket) is having some sort of trouble and I'm not guaranteed they'll pay for this repair, so I need to decide whether I'm:
a) willing to foot the $1,400+ to have Nissan do the work (and hope they don't find more damage after all this time of hearing that sound, they tell me that perhaps there could be more work required once they get in there but I need to approve the first part first)
b) take it elsewhere and have them do the work, or
c) get rid of the car and consider my headache over with.
You guys always have great input/ideas, any thoughts? My car has 77K highway miles, and I like it a lot, but this is the most disappointed I've been with a Nissan. I've taken great care of it, but starting with the sound system (Bose system always skipping), this car has been a series of headaches for me since I bought it brand new in 2002. Thanks for all the help!
At 77k, your car does not need a new timing chain. The dealer is just trying to soak you. Tell him to just replace the main tensioner (part should be around $50-70, about an hour of labor), and see if that makes any difference. This is an occasional problem with the 4th gens (including mine at about 100k), and just replacing the main tensioner almost always solves the problem. I have read that using cheap oil filters that do not have anti-drain back valves can also cause this problem, because the pump has to completely refill all the oil galleries every time you start the car, so the tensioner remains unpressurized until that happens.
By the way, as long as there is enough oil for the pickup tube to be submerged, it doesn't matter how low the oil level is. The oil pump will still pump oil to the tensioner and every where else the oil needs to go, and a properly working tensioner will become pressurized pretty quickly.
#14
I had the same problem. The nissan service person told me I need to use the nissan oil filter ( forgot why) instead of OEM brands. I thought she was full of it, but I bought a couple and have not had any more rattles since then.
#15
The other morning my friend said my car was "rattling". It is an 00 GLE. This was early in the morning, colder weather, but the car had been driven about a mile to pick him up. I can't remember if it was in park or drive. Should I be concerned?
#16
Originally Posted by rx7_fool
The other morning my friend said my car was "rattling". It is an 00 GLE. This was early in the morning, colder weather, but the car had been driven about a mile to pick him up. I can't remember if it was in park or drive. Should I be concerned?
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