VRVIRGIN 0 Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Hi folks! Thanx for the welcome first of all, I´m positive i´ll find the forum useful. Not sure if this is regular ocurrance with vr´s, but mine seems to give off a burnt rubber smell through the air vents after it´s been given a good caning. I notice it more once the car is at a standstill. It´s not a burning clutch smell for sure, which is why i´m a bit puzzled.I think the chain is rattling, and the car sounds more like a Renault 5 when started from cold. Should i be really worried? Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 have you been doing burn-outs evcerywhere by any chance? lolthey all sound a tad rattly when cold, but it should go away after a few secs. Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 could be exhaust mounts? Link to post Share on other sites
VRVIRGIN 0 Posted December 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Don´t think it´s the exhaust mounts, otherwise they would smell everytime the engines hot. Even after a small thrashing, say, not even 2mins worth, it would give off this strong smell. Link to post Share on other sites
VRVIRGIN 0 Posted December 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 As for the chain, am i right in saying that it´s located on the left of the engine (looking at the car head on). I sounds quite tappety too. The car runs runs fine, no leaking oil or smoke from the exhaust. VW mechanic said not to worry, but not at all sure. %-6 Link to post Share on other sites
mk3anni 0 Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Chains on the right, passenger side....if ur in the uk!!! Link to post Share on other sites
VRVIRGIN 0 Posted December 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Nice one pal! Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 the chains are between the engine and gearbox. what year and mileage is your car? Link to post Share on other sites
VRVIRGIN 0 Posted December 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Mines a 94 L, obd1 i´m guessing, i´m on about 95k i think. It´s LHD so it reads 155k k/m. Gonna check through the history to see if they´ve been done b4. Does anyone elses car whine like a Renualt when cold? Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 My old 94 VR6 used to whine like a Renault when cold too, and there was nothing wrong with the engine in that. However, I noticed that it varied according to what oil I used. I found Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 and Synta Silver 10W-40 to be the best ones to use.As for the rubber smell, are you using EBC Green/Red brake pads by any chance? I found that the compound on these reeks of rubber after they've been used hard...A rattling timing chain will be most noticable below 1500rpm. Your noise could be tappets though, which once again points to the oil (too thin?). When was the oil change last done, and what oil was used?[ Edited Tue Dec 14 2004, 11:19AM ] Link to post Share on other sites
VRVIRGIN 0 Posted December 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Thanx 4 that Nick. Changed the oil about 2.5k ago, not too sure of it´s viscosety but something tells me that it´s thinner than 10W-40. Not sure about the pads, but´the smell occurs after a little hard driving, staying above 3500-4000rpm for a short period of time, without any hard braking.With regards to tappet noise, a VW spanner said that there was nothing to worry about, but it´s a little embarrasing 4 me pulling up anywhere in a tappety VR. When the cars been left for a few hours the engines first 4 ticks on starting are really loud, then it goes it´s normal path. Could be the oil, but i´ve tried various and it doesn´t go away. It sound like when you´re rolling downing hill on a push bike, that lose sounding ticking that the chain makes, get what I mean? Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 with it being an obd1 you'll need to check the condition of the chains (or more specifically the top blade runner) at about 100k...my top blade runner was almost finished at 115k. Link to post Share on other sites
julesz 0 Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 hey - this is the noise mine makes. Been trying to work it out for ages. If you go along in first gear at about 1500 rpm its clearest. Kind of like a shhhh tick tick..... Mines only done 45k.. Link to post Share on other sites
VRVIRGIN 0 Posted December 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Think we´d better get our cars down to the spanners before anything gives up. 45k should be a minter, especially mechanically, hope it´s nothing serious m8. Sorry, typed enter by mistake in that last msg. Link to post Share on other sites
VRVIRGIN 0 Posted December 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Oh, took the car out earlier, and after warming up the engine, i gave her quick blast for a few minutes, kept the revs reasonably high and when got back, that smell came in again, only this time i noticed it had a little eggy hot catalyst smell mixed in as well, it stank my interior up no end, cat is pretty new,so would have thought it would have any probs. Anu clues? Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 This thread on the VWVortex forum has a recording of what a worn Chain/Tensioner sounds like:-LINK-Compare this to the noise you're getting. Similar?[ Edited Tue Dec 14 2004, 06:54PM ] Link to post Share on other sites
VRVIRGIN 0 Posted December 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Nick you´re a star. Thats exactly what i´m getting. Cant believe i´ve been deriving around with that going on, and VW mechanic telling me it´s nothing to worry about. Cheers m8.Julesz m8! Check out that link, is that what you´re getting? Link to post Share on other sites
julesz 0 Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 bugger me, mine isnt that bad!!! I can hear the noise mine makes in the background though. Maybe im just hearing the noise its supposed to make? Link to post Share on other sites
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