Rattle

Hi,
New to the forum so Hello to you all. Purchased my first ragtop at the weekend. She's 1996 mgf in BRG. 67k on the clock last 2 owners last one for 7 years. In those 7 years car has covered just 6k.
Anyway down to business, the motor has a scorpion exhaust system and when I picked her up on Saturday all sounded good. Tooke her out yesterday to see what she can do........she does good!!! Driving to work this morning I noticed that there is a tinny kind of rattle. Sounds like a ring is bouncing around in a tin! It only occurs when accelerating...stops when you dip the clutch and doesn't seem to do it if you rev her when stationary. Is it something simple like a jubilee clip that has come loose or is there a hidden danger.

In the last year the motor has only done 300 miles in total and I know it has been treated with kid gloves. I'm hoping that its only something that has worked loose as I opened her up big time yesterday. Everything else is fine...no water or oil used etc.

Any help appreciated by this newbie!

Cheers

Ty

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To be honest, that rattle could be anything.:shrug: Doesn't seem terminal. though.

Someone was being driven mad by a rattle/squeak and found it was a Jubilee clip touching the firewall. :yesnod:
Maybe if you could get a sound file/video and upload it, someone will recognise it.
Also if you can narrow down the area that would also help.

zagorkaman wrote: Hi,
New to the forum so Hello to you all. Purchased my first ragtop at the weekend. She's 1996 mgf in BRG. 67k on the clock last 2 owners last one for 7 years. In those 7 years car has covered just 6k.
Anyway down to business, the motor has a scorpion exhaust system and when I picked her up on Saturday all sounded good. Tooke her out yesterday to see what she can do........she does good!!! Driving to work this morning I noticed that there is a tinny kind of rattle. Sounds like a ring is bouncing around in a tin! It only occurs when accelerating...stops when you dip the clutch and doesn't seem to do it if you rev her when stationary. Is it something simple like a jubilee clip that has come loose or is there a hidden danger.

In the last year the motor has only done 300 miles in total and I know it has been treated with kid gloves. I'm hoping that its only something that has worked loose as I opened her up big time yesterday. Everything else is fine...no water or oil used etc.

Any help appreciated by this newbie!

Cheers

Ty

WELCOME TO THE T BAR :thumbsup: :woohoo:

Daz will be able to throw some light on the rattle, as David has said the last one was a jubilee clip rubbing on the firewall. Is it a VVC engine as these can be a bit rattly?? Looks a cracking car from the photos

To be honest my first thoughts were that it sounded like a clip that may have worked lose. I gave the car a thorough work out on Sunday and the rattling began Monday morning. It sounds as though it is coming from very close to the offside airduct. When I accelerate it is fine at low revs but becomes noisy when I am hitting approx 2000 rpm. It does not do it at idle. It does not do it when I change gear either. The rattle seems most prevolent when decelerating through the gears.

I am pretty sure its something to do with the exhaust but am worried it may be somethig loosening near the manifold. It does not sound like a solid metal rattle if you know what I mean....it really sounds tinny!

Thanks for the comment on the car. She is not concourse but not far off it. She is getting a jolly good claying at the weekend (weather permitting) so I will know exactly what I need to do to paint wise to get her that way.

Any help with the rattle would be great. As I said I think in original post my first thought was poxy jubilee clips. I will do a quick vid tomorrow and post it on here.

I am also on the look out for a hardtop. Any tips on price and what to look for would be great. I do know they are not cheap!

Cheers

Ty

All sorted now!

Bolt had come loose on the alternator! Thank f**k I didn't leave it too long before getting it looked at. Got new wipers on and my guy charged me £25.............very reasonable

zagorkaman wrote: All sorted now!

Bolt had come loose on the alternator! Thank f**k I didn't leave it too long before getting it looked at. Got new wipers on and my guy charged me £25.............very reasonable

I'm glad it was easily spotted! How was your alternator belt?

All seems ok......the bolt had come out about about 2-3 cms so was just rattling through vibration from the exhaust heat shield. She seems fine now! I had only driven about 10 miles with the rattle as I had no clue what id was and thought better safe than sorry.