Sp!ke
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Driving home last night I thought the car sounded a bit rough.
Nearing home the noise seemed to get worse. A sort of nasty mechanical resonance at medium to high revs and on the overrun.
I havn't had the chance to have a proper poke around the car and I whilst I suppose the noises could be caused by something as simple as an exhaust hanger coming adrift or something, it really doesn't sound good and I have a hunch that it might be something more serious like a camshaft or maybe even big end rumble. If it is something serious, it would signal the end of my W124 as I'm not prepared to throw much money at it outside normal maintenance jobs now.
I'm also not quite ready (savings wise) for its replacement (hopefully a R129) either so I do hope that I am mistaken and the noises aren't the cars final death rolls.
Nearing home the noise seemed to get worse. A sort of nasty mechanical resonance at medium to high revs and on the overrun.
I havn't had the chance to have a proper poke around the car and I whilst I suppose the noises could be caused by something as simple as an exhaust hanger coming adrift or something, it really doesn't sound good and I have a hunch that it might be something more serious like a camshaft or maybe even big end rumble. If it is something serious, it would signal the end of my W124 as I'm not prepared to throw much money at it outside normal maintenance jobs now.
I'm also not quite ready (savings wise) for its replacement (hopefully a R129) either so I do hope that I am mistaken and the noises aren't the cars final death rolls.