1. Home
  2. Car Maintenance
  3. Rover K-series jingly noise

Rover K-series jingly noise

Hi all,

My Rover K series engine (42k miles) has started making a jingly noise at

3500 revs and over.

Are there any pointers you can offer for me to look into? Here's some more clues...

It sounds like it's coming from the cam belt end.

It's a jingly noise not dissimilar to pinking, but I don't think it's that - it's louder, more continuous and not load related.

It starts reliably at 3500 revs and continues whilever revs are over this (but the engine noise starts to drown it out as revs get higher)

It doesn't matter if the clutch is up or down or the car is moving or stationary.

So these are classic symptoms of ....?

Any help appreciated!

Cheers,

Steve

Reply to
Stevie
Loading thread data ...

most likely a knackered tensioner roller. Or a worn out water pump. (almost equally common.)

Mrcheerful

Reply to
mrcheerful

Ah, cool. What's the next step to investigate these two likely options?

On the difficulty scale, what am I looking at? Water pump on my old mk2 Fiesta = level 1, changing the cam belt on a my mk 5 Fiesta = level 10 (don't look back in the recent archives... ;-)

Reply to
Stevie

take the covers off and listen with a stethoscope, take to bits till fault found. level 8

Reply to
mrcheerful

MotorsForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.