vts mk1 weird tapping noise :(

1. jacko85 Newbie Joined: Dec 2008 Warrington Posts: 12 Saxo VTS mk1 pug 206 sport

   #1 3rd January 2009, 01:27

   Hi all just wanted to know if any one could help me, i drove my car today bout a 10 mile journey at this point it was running fine then it was left for about 2 hours when i got back in the car to go home i started it up and instantly noticed it sounded different (slugish) struggling to tick over and cutting out if not revved. So i drove it any way but the more i put my foot down the more i could hear this pinking kinda sound then when i stop the car it starts rocking heavily and when you look at the engine thats doing the same has anyone ever had this happen to you? it seems to be problem after problem with this and i've not had the car a month but i love it to much to get rid
2. jim333 Established Member Joined: May 2007 Newcastle Posts: 1570 mk2 saxo vts vw bora turbo 106 gti

   #2 3rd January 2009, 11:20

   You have got oil in that would make it tap like
   But don't know why it's runin shit mate
3. user_24886 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2008 Notts Posts: 6227 White pug 106 1.6

   #3 3rd January 2009, 11:22

   check engine oil levels, could be a missfire ?
4. hudson701 Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Port Talbot Posts: 279 Citroen Saxo VTS MK2. Lotus Elise Series 2

   #4 3rd January 2009, 14:46

   Oil levels!
   
   If not its your tappets...
5. si_pow Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1025 2001 mk5 Fiesta ZS

   #5 3rd January 2009, 14:51

   My VTR is tapping like them old fiesta's do. lol. Im going to get mine serviced weekend after next, so im going to ask him to check my tappets too. Is it expensive?
6. jacko85 Newbie Joined: Dec 2008 Warrington Posts: 12 Saxo VTS mk1 pug 206 sport

   #6 3rd January 2009, 15:29

   i have noticed their is to much oil in the sump, the car sounds as though its pinking when exellerating and wont tick over at idle it also shakes the car like mad at low rpm. got my mate to drive it up and down my street from what i can hear from outside the car sounds like the exhast is fooked but it aint blowing anywhere just put decat back on bout 2 days ago. any ideas as i looked in haynes but it dont cover much on the vts
7. user_29499 Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 wednesbury/birmingham Posts: 1121 106 gti

   #7 3rd January 2009, 15:41

   sounds like your tappets mate ,take it into a near by garage and get it looked at
8. Boyes Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2008 Sheffield Posts: 276 Peugeot 106 GTi, Clio 172

   #8 3rd January 2009, 15:50

   Wrong oil to thin? I heard that could make it tap, if the engine's rocking are the engine mounts ok, one could have snapped.
9. jacko85 Newbie Joined: Dec 2008 Warrington Posts: 12 Saxo VTS mk1 pug 206 sport

   #9 4th January 2009, 00:19

   where abouts are the engine mounts and could this cause the engine to not tick over at idle. thanks for the advice all will get to the bottom of it eventually
10. Dasher_VTR Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2007 Swanley,Kent Posts: 866 saxo vtr

    #10 4th January 2009, 13:56

    mine vtr started doing that and it was headgasket causing low compression in two cylinders.
11. jacko85 Newbie Joined: Dec 2008 Warrington Posts: 12 Saxo VTS mk1 pug 206 sport

    #11 5th January 2009, 02:56

    ^would yours still rev up to redline when at stand still cause mine only sounds rough when its below the 4000rpm mark. I took my air control sensor out and it was coverd in oil, put a new one in but made no difference
12. Nick_106 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 470 Ford Ranger Pick Up

    #12 5th January 2009, 11:37

    Coilpack! If its missfiring, it will cause the engine to rock quite severely! Or maybe crank sensor!
13. Dasher_VTR Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2007 Swanley,Kent Posts: 866 saxo vtr

    #13 5th January 2009, 18:11

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jacko85 ^would yours still rev up to redline when at stand still cause mine only sounds rough when its below the 4000rpm mark. I took my air control sensor out and it was coverd in oil, put a new one in but made no difference

    no. i would check spark plugs first that will tell you if coilpack is playing up. when mine was tapping and misfiring it it was tapping throughtout the whole rev range just got a bit quieter at top end. if it revving up a sensor is probably gone. is the ecu light on?
    
    i would deffo check spark plugs?
14. joinsey Newbie Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5

    #14 7th January 2009, 11:41

    mine was the same had a loose spark plug have a LOOK AT YOUR PLUGS