Ne guys (or gals) any idea what might be wrong with my car, apart from me being worried it might break down, im also getting really fed up of it!!!
Right- the problem is the engine seems to be making excessive noise, wirring loudly and can even feel vibration through my peddles!!! got it booked in for next friday at the garage but would like to now what may be causing the prob!!:rolleyes:
Its really bugging me so anyone with any ideas please let me know thanks x

Whatever it is, it sounds expensive. If it makes the noise while the car is stationary, it is almost certainly something gone inside the engine; probably a piston or con rod. If it's old, probably you'll need to scrap it and find another.

Check your spark plugs; and check your exhaust; if you're very lucky one of those will have failed.

I suspect you don't get your car fully serviced regularly; you need to.

oooh that doesnt sound good, there was new spark plugs put in about a month ago so im almost certain it isnt that. Only had the car for 3/4 months so hasnt been serviced.

Park it, open the bonnet, and run the engine. Can you see anything unusual, exhaust smoke coming from anywhere?

Pull out the dipstick; see what the oil looks like.

How old is the car? What is it?

Whatever it is, it sounds expensive. If it makes the noise while the car is stationary, it is almost certainly something gone inside the engine; probably a piston or con rod. If it's old, probably you'll need to scrap it and find another.

Check your spark plugs; and check your exhaust; if you're very lucky one of those will have failed.

I suspect you don't get your car fully serviced regularly; you need to.

do you know anythings about cars? a whirring noise it 90% a fail bearing, broken con rod/piston will not make a whirring noise!
why would spark plug make a noise??? did you know there is no moving part in a spark plug!!
a exhaust failure will not be a whirring noise either, let a mechcanic with a brain to look at it, it should take him a few seconds which bearing has failed,

what car is it?? by the way

well firstly the problem is intermitant, doesnt always make the noise but its become more often thatn not. if it was something serious with the engine the check engine light would have come on surely. I have checked under the bonnet there is no smoke nothing out of the ordinary, everything looks fine. ive checked the oil and it did need a little more putting in so i did. oil looked normal to me.
The car is a p reg, 1997 i think, hyundai accent petrol.
As for smoke nothing, and the car itself is running perfectly apart from the increased engine noise and slight vibration

do you know anythings about cars? a whirring noise it 90% a fail bearing, broken con rod/piston will not make a whirring noise!
u seem to know wot ur talking about, what sorta bearing are we talking??

Hard to say really could be anything,is the nosie worse when you do anything like turn steering wheel etc or dip the clutch,does the car move?I'not sayin take it a run round but just tryin to pick up on points what might make something more obvious

All i can say is when i lift my clutch the noise lessens,or it seems. but no its not making more noise when i turn the steering wheel or anything. The best way i can describe it is that the engine noise sounds more like that of a deisel engine when the noise is there. And it doesnt always do it.plus the noise is definatly coming from under the bonnet

Sounds like may be clutch release bearing or maybe gearbox in that case

do you know anythings about cars? a whirring noise it 90% a fail bearing, broken con rod/piston will not make a whirring noise!
why would spark plug make a noise??? did you know there is no moving part in a spark plug!!
a exhaust failure will not be a whirring noise either, let a mechcanic with a brain to look at it, it should take him a few seconds which bearing has failed,

I was thinking of the vibration; and speculating that one piston was not firing. I had a crankshaft crack once between 1st and 2nd cylinder; the car whirred and vibrated all the way to the scrapyard!

Sounds like the thrust bearing, or one of the other clutch bearings, in view of rach's latest post.

I wouldn't drive the car until it's been seen at the garage.

It's the timing chain (or belt) catching on the casing or something loosening up in the pulley system. Nothing serious. I had an old Hyundai and it went on for ever - well until I ran over someone in it and they cracked the windscreen.

It's the timing chain (or belt) catching on the casing or something loosening up in the pulley system. Nothing serious. I had an old Hyundai and it went on for ever - well until I ran over someone in it and they cracked the windscreen.

Lol that made me laff, im hoping your right hun really cant afford a major prob x

Sounds like may be clutch release bearing or maybe gearbox in that case

Nope, had one of those go on me before.
All sounds fine until you push clutch pedal down; then you get nasty sound of metal on metal, loud enough to make drivers of other cars notice.

If the problem only occurs when the car is moving, it's not too serious. If a bearing has gone inside the clutch, do get the whole clutch changed while it's apart; most of the cost of the job is in the labour. Even then, depending on the age of the car, the cost can be disproportionate.

A ten year old Hyundai probably doesn't have a great deal of life ahead of it, I'm afraid.

well the noise starts sometimes as soon as the engine starts up, like i sed its an intermitant fault so who knows

well the noise starts sometimes as soon as the engine starts up, like i sed its an intermitant fault so who knows

Might be a belt; it's unlikely to be a cambelt though. It's the vibration that worries me.

it is only very slight as though u can feel the engne turning over

Really; just wait 'til you get it to the garage.

All i can say is when i lift my clutch the noise lessens,
if you mean when you press the clutch pedal down the noise lessens
and the car is not moving then 90% is the clutch release bearing, but clutch release bearing doesnt sound like a diesel!
best way is to let a mechcanic listen to it, it will take 2 minutes max for him to track down whats fail, its impossable to diagnosed a noise you cant hear

if it was something serious with the engine the check engine light would have come on surely.

Sorry but I found that quote funny :D How rude of me :o :|

As adzSF says if you meant when you press the clutch to the floor the noise dissapears then it will be clutch release bearing.

Whatever it is, it sounds expensive. If it makes the noise while the car is stationary, it is almost certainly something gone inside the engine; probably a piston or con rod. If it's old, probably you'll need to scrap it and find another.

Check your spark plugs; and check your exhaust; if you're very lucky one of those will have failed.

I suspect you don't get your car fully serviced regularly; you need to.

steve what garage do you work for or own? just wanted to make sure i dont go anywhere near your shop, without even hearing the noise you want her to change the engine:gag: , fit a new clutch:gag:

. if it was something serious with the engine the check engine light would have come on surely.

the engine check light will only come on for electronic fault as the engine check light is connected to all engine electronics, any mechcanical failure will not get the light, if oil pressure is low you get a different engine light, so if it is a bearing failure then no light will show

Could'nt be something simple like the automatic choke sticking, could it? :D

cars after 92 dont have chokes, as it has a cat in the exhaust so needs fuel injection to control the fuel more accurate

as the others have said probibly the clutch bearing or presure plate if it is have a full clutch fitted

for the time being just use it as little as possible

its wen i bring my clutch up to biting point it stops

yep clutch it is its possble that it will just keep going but it could just decide go on you

its no big problem using the car if the release bearing has fail so you can use the car, but if you are planning to keep the car a while have a clutch fitted at the same time as it doesnt cost that much more

With the combination of faults you have diagnosed on here, take it to the scrappies, get you 25 quid, and get the bus home. :hihi:

With the combination of faults you have diagnosed on here, take it to the scrappies, get you 25 quid, and get the bus home. :hihi:

no just the one fault trying to describe best what it is thats all:loopy:

Right guys, well thanks to everyone that replied. Had it looked at and all it needed was a new oil filter and an oil change, which my dad did for me so cost me nothing!! The noise has stopped and it was as simple as that!!!;)

well there you go

This is a marvellous thread, there are so many things that can whirr and vibrate it's impossible to diagnose the problem on here. Let garage decide but if it's more than about £150 I'd suggest you chuck it away or run it into the ground and make sure you have breakdown cover to get it to the scrapyard.