Hi All, Been looking through the forum for a little while now to see if any of the issues I have are documented. Coming to the conclusion that I need to post so ... here goes...
I bought a 2009 2.2 i dtec tourer about a year ago and I've had nothing but trouble with multiple parts of the car. It currently has 199000 miles and the oil looks very clean. I've looked at the DPF and it has been deleted, the CAT is still there but I am unsure if the EGR has been blanked yet.
The car has a ticking noise when accelerating and a lot of blue smoke on cold start up. I suspect that these are two independent problems. The latter issue is probably valve stem oil seals but I am open to this being related to the ticking issue.
The noise has been getting progressively worse over the past few weeks. When the engine is at idle or the car is stationary with engine revs raised the noise does not seem to be there. So the noise seems to be there when the engine is under load.
I've had a scan tool connected to the car and looked at live data. I found that the noise seems to start when the EGR valve is closed.
My current plan is to replace the timing chain and valve stem oil seals whilst checking the top end of the engine over for wear and tear. Does anyone have any idea of what this issue could be before I go any further?
I bought a 2009 2.2 i dtec tourer about a year ago and I've had nothing but trouble with multiple parts of the car. It currently has 199000 miles and the oil looks very clean. I've looked at the DPF and it has been deleted, the CAT is still there but I am unsure if the EGR has been blanked yet.
The car has a ticking noise when accelerating and a lot of blue smoke on cold start up. I suspect that these are two independent problems. The latter issue is probably valve stem oil seals but I am open to this being related to the ticking issue.
The noise has been getting progressively worse over the past few weeks. When the engine is at idle or the car is stationary with engine revs raised the noise does not seem to be there. So the noise seems to be there when the engine is under load.
I've had a scan tool connected to the car and looked at live data. I found that the noise seems to start when the EGR valve is closed.
My current plan is to replace the timing chain and valve stem oil seals whilst checking the top end of the engine over for wear and tear. Does anyone have any idea of what this issue could be before I go any further?