Rattle

This does not sound like the chain.

It could be the exhaust bouncing against the underside of the car.

The chain is not under the vehicle either :-)

You will hear the chain best if you are driving with the windows open ... when you decelerate as the tension will be off it. I always heard chains rattling in a narrow road I drive through with high garden/house walls every side.

:-) Hope it is a cheap repair.

Regards Charles

Everett,

When the timing chain failed on my '98 900 at 46k miles, the first sign was a loud scraping sound. I thought there was a JCB behind me with it's bucket scraping the road surface! However, this was accompanied by an almost total loss of power so, if you just have a loud metallic sound, it might actually be good news.

I wish my problem was the exhaust as I was quoted EURO 2k (=A31.4K) to replace the timing chain. Good look with your checkup on Tuesday

Mike

Thanks to you and Mike O'Grady for the replies.

Hey, I may be a dumb electrical engineer, but I know that! :-)

Speaking of cheap repairs, I had one of the V belts shred coming into Browning, Montana many years ago. Browning is a little place southeast of Glacier National Park and it was late on a Saturday afternoon. I found a repair place with some guys sitting around waiting to leave for the day. They willingly spent a couple of hours getting the belts reinstalled after remarking about the strange metric bolt sizes and the engine being backward. I was bracing myself for the bill when we were done. They asked for only US$50 which I gladly paid!

When I related the pricing to my favorite mechanic, he stated that I should feel free to return to the guys in Browning any time I needed work done! [It's only about

Watch out for the classic throwout bearing rattle, which is similar but disappears if you step on the clutch.

But, a timing chain is completely different from an exhaust thump or rattle.