Thread: noisy disco

And the noise is definitely coming from the engine bay. My first guess was dying turbo but now I'm thinking exhaust manifold gasket.
Any guesses?

Has the heat shield which normally bolts to the intake manifold at cyl 3,4 protecting the turbo intake duct, fallen down it maybe sitting between the firewall and bellhousing, its a tin shield. It had me scratching my head for a while.

Yes it has. It was stuck back there but wasn't causing the noise. Cheers.

If its only under load, check the uni joints - make sure they are unloaded. A dry joint can make a chirping noise - even after greasing I had one that was bone dry from a blockage, made a hell of a racket.
Another culprit can be the serpentine tensioner - not the bearing necessarily, but between the front part that is sprung against the back part - there is a nylon or rubber separator, when it gets worn away there is metal on metal contact that chirps a bit.

Thanks. I'll check them out but sounds most definitely like exhaust or intake

Thanks. I'll check them out but sounds most definitely like exhaust or intake

Also check the injector clamp stud, when i first got my disco it had a noise that steadily got worse. Got to the local supermarket after getting sick of the racket and nipped up number 3 injector clamp and the noise went away.

Had a similar thing on my v8, it was a (read 1) loose manifold bolt, about 3/4 of a turn latter all noise was gone .