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Chilliman
Original Poster
3,424 posts
30 months
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Well that's what it sounds like. Intermittent but has been doing it for some months. It's a rattling noise but peculiar in that it sounds like someone playing with a bag of marbles (no jokes about glass balls please). Also peculiar is that it sounds the same when I pull up at lights or a junction, so it's not related to bumpy or rough road surfaces. Sounds like it's behind the rev counter/speedo area. Any ideas chaps (before I start dismantling it)  Cheers, Chilli
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Martyn-123
353 posts
54 months
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Know somebody that used to work at Austin/Rover at Longbridge and tells me they put marbles in the fuel tanks for a joke,
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spongy
2,124 posts
30 months
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Martyn-123 said: Know somebody that used to work at Austin/Rover at Longbridge and tells me they put marbles in the fuel tanks for a joke, lol that would make a rover sound better.
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Chilliman
Original Poster
3,424 posts
30 months
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spongy said: lol that would make a rover sound better.  That's blasphemy
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big geoff
330 posts
69 months
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make shore the exhaust manifolds are not touchng the chassis
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Chimpandtonic
3,235 posts
48 months
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Chilliman
Original Poster
3,424 posts
30 months
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Chimpandtonic said: That is SO not funny 
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Chimpandtonic
3,235 posts
48 months
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Chilliman said: Chimpandtonic said: That is SO not funny So sorry Chilli  It's the beer takling... hic.. hic.. 
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OleVix
394 posts
17 months
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I have this aswell! Sounds like running water or something... Or tiny marbles, i dont know...
Just press the loudpedal enough and youll forget it
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smartypants
17,422 posts
38 months
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I have had this occasionally (running water is the closest description, like that).. recently had my exhaust mounts redone as there was vibration from that on the chassis which has definitely been cured - I will keep an ear out to see if this other noise has also gone. It could be that
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Simon says
9,310 posts
90 months
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Sure you have not got air trapped in the heater?
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smartypants
17,422 posts
38 months
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ITVRI
43 posts
51 months
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Hope I'm not going to alarm anyone unnecessarly but water in the chassis can/could make this noise. If the rust hole is at the top of the tube the water can roll around and make this sound.
I recently have had a noise like water gurgling as I accelerated. This was around the same time as I found a small rust hole at the top of my out riggers under the wheel arch and noticed water dripping from the outrigger the the next day having previously taken it out in heavy rain. After a week in the garage it disappeared to return when driven in the next heavy rain.
Chassis refurb and planning in progress.
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ITVRI
43 posts
51 months
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Hope I'm not going to alarm anyone unnecessarly but water in the chassis can/could make this noise. If the rust hole is at the top of the tube the water can roll around and make this sound.
I recently have had a noise like water gurgling as I accelerated. This was around the same time as I found a small rust hole at the top of my out riggers under the wheel arch and noticed water dripping from the outrigger the the next day having previously taken it out in heavy rain. After a week in the garage it disappeared to return when driven in the next heavy rain.
Chassis refurb and planning in progress.
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scruggs
247 posts
35 months
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I had/have a water issue that sounds like gurgling from under the dash top and could be likened to a bag of marbles. It only occurs when the heater control is part way between hot and cold and at mid to high revs when the water pump is spinning faster.
A look under the bonnet found a small leak (more of a weep) from the top of the rad that had over the space of a year reduced the coolant level to a point where nothing was in the swirl pot or header tank. This has probably given me air in the heater.
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Chilliman
Original Poster
3,424 posts
30 months
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Didn't do it last couple of days, and car's now tucked away as back off to earn a crust again. I can however rule out air in the cooling/heater system, and water in the chassis. I'll investigate to see if there's any evidence of the manifolds rubbing on the chassis when I get back. Unfortunately the noise comes and goes of it's own accord. Thanks for all the suggestions so far fella's. BTW Ole, if you read this, I tried the more noise trick last November and was rewarded with a £450 fine and six points for my efforts 
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OleVix
394 posts
17 months
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Chilliman said: Didn't do it last couple of days, and car's now tucked away as back off to earn a crust again. I can however rule out air in the cooling/heater system, and water in the chassis. I'll investigate to see if there's any evidence of the manifolds rubbing on the chassis when I get back. Unfortunately the noise comes and goes of it's own accord. Thanks for all the suggestions so far fella's. BTW Ole, if you read this, I tried the more noise trick last November and was rewarded with a £450 fine and six points for my efforts Ouch, that hurts chilli... Nearly wrecked two cars on saturday when I tried the chim for a couple of hours... I was grinning so much I forgot about all the other drivers on the road
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Chilliman
Original Poster
3,424 posts
30 months
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Right, my 'bag of marbles' has recently become a fully fledged 'something extremely loose' rattle. No screws/bolts/brackets have dropped into the footwell but I'm expecting something to fall into my lap any day now Wotcha fink chaps, any ideas? It's looking now like a dash off job unless I can spot something by lying upside down in the footwell 
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haircutmike
6,765 posts
73 months
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Have it off!
It's only 3 nuts, (said the actress to the Bishop).
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Chilliman
Original Poster
3,424 posts
30 months
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haircutmike said: Have it off!
It's only 3 nuts, (said the actress to the Bishop). Looks like I'll have to Peter, I tried the upside down in the footwell thing a few minutes ago and it took the assistance of three of my neighbours to get me out  Maybe it's one or more of the three nuts themselves that are loose rather than something that's behind the dash
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