NOISE DRIVING ME CRAZY

please it would be a great help if u could provide the best  and detailed info if you can as i  have been at it since  10.30am this morning and hav only stopped  jus now and am extremely stressed and upset.

I dont wanna take to an engineer jus yet cos it may be really simpler

if the system was not overheating prior to you removing it, then it is an airlock.

Don't take this the wrong way skanders, but I would advise against working further on your car until you understand what you are doing.

You could be doing more damage than good.

However, if you are feeling in a fearless mood, you can establish whether the part that you have worked on is the power steering pump by checking to see if there are  pipes going to the steering rack.

If so, it is the ps pump.  The oil that dripped out should also be a different colour from the oil in your engine (usually red)

I've never heard a worn ps pump clatter before as they usually whine, but I could be wrong.  Once again, if you want to determine whether it is this unit that is cauing the noise, isolate it by removing the belt.

Also, what do you mean when you say you opened the pump?  Most PS pumps tend to be sealed units nowadays.

I can't really make out what the unit is in the pci above.

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On my engine its the one circled red in the pictures can someone tell me what this is.

thanks.

skanders wrote: Well to be totally honest  im not sure if it is an oil pump or not  but when i opened it to take it off  oil came out so  i am assuming that it is  the oil pump as at the front it has a  wheel  and the belt goes around that wheel and  the  noise is coming  from that  area.

This is the oil pump setup on your car, chain driven as you can see.

Item number one on this picture is the water pump which is belt driven and the fan is attached.

This is a picture of the complete engine where you can see the water pump, oil filter housing and most other parts you have referred too.

My only question would be was it the water pump you removed?

 

Gav  

Well to be totally honest  im not sure if it is an oil pump or not  but when i opened it to take it off  oil came out so  i am assuming that it is  the oil pump as at the front it has a  wheel  and the belt goes around that wheel and  the  noise is coming  from that  area.

Still got the same  rattleing noise but when i removed the belt and tried it  it went away  upon further diags it seems to be the oil pump  making it  it doesnt look damaged or anything.

does it need more oil ?

But another thing the noise is intermittent ,
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At idle the noise only happens when it is below the 1000rpm mark about 750rpm but if i raise it to 3000rpm and let it drop it goes away
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While driving the noise most of the time is constant but it can shut up  after a half hour drive
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I think i put in the wrong oil grade  the oil was  low when i checked it , it was jus under the mark  I put in some cheap halfords  0w-30w would the oil not be thick enough cause noise in the engine.

I am gonna drain it all and put in some 15w-40 oil and see what happens.

How did you stop the fan, did you disconnect the belt?

Vanos, there isn't one on that engine. But if there was it would it would be at the front of the engine at the top where the camshaft pulleys are.

Timing chain is usually covered but on the front of the engine.

 

Gav 

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