Technical 2010 Qubo - Grinding sound when accelerating

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Technical 2010 Qubo - Grinding sound when accelerating

Jasper205

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Hi all,

I've recently purchased a 2010 Fiat Qubo - Funky Orange - 1.3 mutijet automatic.
- 100.000 km
- has been serviced according schedule.

Now I found out about some issues so is decided to join this forum.
During acceleration I can hear a strange (grinding) noise. It's not too loud but you can hear in the following video: LINK not allowed jet (please search youtube for "Fiat Fiorino Qubo vreemd geluid bij acceleratie") . Could this be something with the turbo? Timing chain? V-belt tensioner?

This sound only appears while accelerating, around 2000 rpm. In higher revs it's completely gone. The sound is present in every gear. In the lower gears you can barely hear it because the revs go up quickly. When accelerating lightly you can't hear it as well. I think it's only there when the engine is over 50%? load. When driving on the highway this happens often.

I hope anyone can point me in the right direction as I bought this car without warranty :bang:


Kind regards,

Jasper
 
Thanks for listening! Too bad you couldn't hear it. I can hear but is suppose I know what I'm listening for.

You think any sound with this character could be dangerous? I've read some scary stories about the timing chain.... I think I will try to change the V-belt tensioner to eliminate things...

Regards,

Jasper
 
I've had a listen aswell can't really hear anything other than road noise I'm afraid
 
Too bad you can't hear it. I can hear it, even in the video but I know what I'm listening for...

The strange thing is that it's only there when accelerating. Or trying to... (y)

I've read some scare stories about the 1.3 multijet timing chain. Could this sound be caused by the tensioner?
 
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