multieddie
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I've got a clunky rattle coming from the alternator/pulley end of the engine (Multipla JTD 115 ELX 2003). I only get it on tickover, as soon as I lift the revs to about 1000rpm, abruptly the sound ceases (to paraphrase War of the Worlds).
Thought at first it was the dreaded rattle of Dual Mass Flywheel death, but it's deffo coming from the other end of the engine (a big sigh of relief there...)
The cambelt and pulleys were done a month ago when I bought the car so I'm fairly confident it's not that. Engine mounts look it good nick and nothing is obviously loose... I'm thinking it might be a pulley bearing or perhaps the alternator itself.
Anyone experienced anything similar?
Also and tenuously related(!), do you find that the JTD engine needs at least 1200-1500 revs to pull away cleanly without threatening to stall?
I've got plenty of power once up and running but does need a few revs to pull away cleanly.
I've driven a few TDs that won't pull away cleanly with low revs. I used to drive a Focus TD work pool car that would stall unless you gave it a fair chunk of revs. Ditto a Vectra 1.9 CDTI (essentially the same engine as the JTD, so I hear)
This compares with a normally aspirated Citroen AX 1.4 that I learned to drive in back in 1992, which would pull away cleanly from tickover. I know that older normally aspirated diesels have a totally different power curve to modern TDs, which are far more like petrol engines to drive. Also the AX only weighed about the same as a bag of sugar, so I'm clearly not comparing like with like here!
What are people's experiences? Would be interesting to hear what's 'normal'.
Thought at first it was the dreaded rattle of Dual Mass Flywheel death, but it's deffo coming from the other end of the engine (a big sigh of relief there...)
The cambelt and pulleys were done a month ago when I bought the car so I'm fairly confident it's not that. Engine mounts look it good nick and nothing is obviously loose... I'm thinking it might be a pulley bearing or perhaps the alternator itself.
Anyone experienced anything similar?
Also and tenuously related(!), do you find that the JTD engine needs at least 1200-1500 revs to pull away cleanly without threatening to stall?
I've got plenty of power once up and running but does need a few revs to pull away cleanly.
I've driven a few TDs that won't pull away cleanly with low revs. I used to drive a Focus TD work pool car that would stall unless you gave it a fair chunk of revs. Ditto a Vectra 1.9 CDTI (essentially the same engine as the JTD, so I hear)
This compares with a normally aspirated Citroen AX 1.4 that I learned to drive in back in 1992, which would pull away cleanly from tickover. I know that older normally aspirated diesels have a totally different power curve to modern TDs, which are far more like petrol engines to drive. Also the AX only weighed about the same as a bag of sugar, so I'm clearly not comparing like with like here!
What are people's experiences? Would be interesting to hear what's 'normal'.