Inverted
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well, I'm 600 miles in a week after picking the car up. I've noticed an intermittent rattle.
In relatively low revs, but under gentle acceleration through second gear, I get a rattle that sounds like a loose metal object or metallic valve opening and closing. It "seems" to come from the drivers side, sometimes down low near your right foot. I can't reproduce it in neutral, or at higher rev ranges. Also oddly, it only seems to do it once after starting the engine, but will do it again if you restart the engine..... Very weird.
A search here highlighted a known 'characteristic' with the the waste valve and actuator rods on the A3 TFSI engines, but I have a 2.0 TDI.....
Anyone noticed anything similar?
In relatively low revs, but under gentle acceleration through second gear, I get a rattle that sounds like a loose metal object or metallic valve opening and closing. It "seems" to come from the drivers side, sometimes down low near your right foot. I can't reproduce it in neutral, or at higher rev ranges. Also oddly, it only seems to do it once after starting the engine, but will do it again if you restart the engine..... Very weird.
A search here highlighted a known 'characteristic' with the the waste valve and actuator rods on the A3 TFSI engines, but I have a 2.0 TDI.....
Anyone noticed anything similar?