engine rumble

jclare56

Hi,

I bought a 08 peugeot 207 there a few months back an iv noticed a rumbling in the engine when stopped in traffic - it goes away when iv started moving, and it doesn't happen everytme I stop.

Just wondering is this a peugeot thing or just my car...

any thoughts welcome...

EPM

Could be anything really, even just something resonating.

It should be under warranty so if it's something which you think needs attantion get it into the dealer

Row

What engine have you got...??
if you have this rumbling noise when youre sitting in traffic with the clutch pressed and it goes when you let up the clutch and moving then it maybe clutch related...
its only a guess tho...:)

jclare56

its a 1.4 petrol and basically brand new... ill see if its clutch related driving home - thanks for that!!

think ill end up taking it back to the dealer - although im sure theyll find nothing wrong with it

EPM

If the rumble is when you press in the clutch it could be a release bearing. If it's when your foot is off the clutch it might be gearbox related.

Think I have that the right way around. Either way you should be covered by warranty

Furp

It might not be mechanical at all, I once had a rumble coming from my engine bay could not figure it out at all.

Eventually one day while looking under the bonnet with the engine running I realised there was no rumble, turns out it was the bonnet vibrating when the engine was idling up to about 2000rpm.

I adjusted the little rubber stoppers that meet the bonnet where it closes and the rumble went away.

Row

This is one of the best peugeot website's out there and theres plenty
of info there... http://www.peugeotcentral.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=19&pc_tzo=3600&pc_d=20090722&pc_t=60102
Don't read to much or else you'll get paranoid about your 207....:eek:
best of luck...:)

R0ssi

jclare56 wrote: »

Hi,

I bought a 08 peugeot 207 there a few months back an iv noticed a rumbling in the engine when stopped in traffic - it goes away when iv started moving, and it doesn't happen everytme I stop.

Just wondering is this a peugeot thing or just my car...

any thoughts welcome...

OMG I had the exact same prob with the same car model.....
I went to the dealer where I purchased the car and he told me that all I needed to do was put a drop of petrol into the oil, this was to thin the oil as it had got viscous... I was very sceptical so asked the dealer to do it for me so if anything went wrong i was covered.......
To this day I have not heard any rumbling

Martron

this can hardly be right!

Row

R0ssi wrote: »

OMG I had the exact same prob with the same car model.....
I went to the dealer where I purchased the car and he told me that all I needed to do was put a drop of petrol into the oil, this was to thin the oil as it had got viscous... I was very sceptical so asked the dealer to do it for me so if anything went wrong i was covered.......
To this day I have not heard any rumbling

Thats sounds crazy...:eek: Thats petrol in the engine oil or gearbox oil...??

If the oil is getting to thick why don't the use a lighter grade of oil.....:rolleyes:
Thats what i would do...:)

Nonoperational

R0ssi wrote: »

OMG I had the exact same prob with the same car model.....
I went to the dealer where I purchased the car and he told me that all I needed to do was put a drop of petrol into the oil, this was to thin the oil as it had got viscous... I was very sceptical so asked the dealer to do it for me so if anything went wrong i was covered.......
To this day I have not heard any rumbling

Wow I definitely wouldn't be doing that unless I had it in writing from peugeot and they put in the petrol. Most likely bye bye warranty.

R0ssi

I'm telling you don't knock it till you try it.......

mike65

I'm saying don't try it.

del-bhoy

I second that

Row

Nope me neither.....I would drop the oil from the sump and put in good quailty recommened oil for that engine and see/hear how it runs.....:)

Martron

R0ssi wrote: »

I'm telling you don't knock it till you try it.......

what dealer told you this? sounds lik ethey were taking the p1ss out of you. what did they say the science behind it was are you sure it was petrol?