rattle

If your car suffers from the infamous cold start rattle, that means your VTC actuator has gone bad. The bad news, you have to fix it before it causes further damage to the rest of your engine. The good news, the fix is £20 and takes about an hour of time plus some basic tools. Things needed...

Hi All, So, when I start my car cold it gives out this loudish sort of diesel-like rallte for the first 1-2s and nothing else afterwards. I found a few videos online of honda owners having similar problems and apparently it is an issue with the VTC actuator. I know I didn't give a lot of info...

Ok a bit of a strange one.. I've noticed a very metallic rattling noise when going over bumps which my mechanic correctly diagnosed the front brake pads as the culprit. If I press the brake pedal when going over bumps it does not occur. When the car is stationary, I can move the pads with my...

Coming back from a drive today I experienced the oil light coming on. Checking oil levels and they were fine. There has been a noise coming from the auxiliary belt area for a while now, but I ***umed it was because of the old tensioner. They have revised the tensioner route recently and...

After replacing the main front bushes on my 2.4 accord it was still knocking and rattling over every minor bump in the road. I found that the upper control arms were badly worn so replaced both sides. Things were much better for a while but another small rattle got louder every week until it...