grinding/crackling noise

[wideboy]

Quite hard to exlain - but I'll try my best.

This always happens when I'm sitting roughly at 2000-3000 revs, whether I'm sitting still and just applying the accelerator, or if I'm moving and just going up and down gears. The noise has a slight grinding, and crackly kinda noise.

I thought it might be the gear linkage rattling, or the heatshield...but its the wrong noise for that smileys/smiley5.gif

It doesnt seem to be affecting the drive quality - but its not a normal noise and I can sumtimes hear it over the exhaust so its very audible!


So I'm confused!smileys/smiley13.gif

any help welcome smileys/happy.gif

[andy51086]

idler bearing perhaps

[wideboy]

any1?

[Dan]

not the exhaust knocking on the gear linkage is it?

not the cv boot?

[Sean]

sounds like the exhaust heatshield is rattling against the gear linkage.

[wideboy]

im certain its not the gear linkage mate

and if it was the CV boot, would it only make this noise at certain revs?

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[wideboy]

hows the gear linkage/heatsheild problem cured?

is it just a case of wapping out a grinder/large hammer?

[Sean]

get a lever bar, crawl under the car and move it away from the linkage. if it was the cv joint you'd hear a clicking noise when going round corners. try driving round a roundabout and listen for it.

[wideboy]

if it was the gear linkage would the noise come from either side of the car? cos its louder on drivers side i think

[Sean]

not sure tbh. that's the first thing i'd check for anyway.

[wideboy]

ok cheers again bud smileys/smiley20.gif

at least some one cares smileys/smiley17.gif

[AdamH]

sounds silly but if the gear isnt in propperly it can slip out and cause a crackling noise... check the gear linkages like the other said.. had a bloke a few weeks ago with this problem..