Strange grinding noise when pulling away?

[James Flank]

Aston Martin V8 Vantage (2008) is making a very loud grinding noise when pulling away, has got worse in the past year, Aston Martin garage has said they cant find any faults and I am just wondering if anyone else has experienced this?

[cuprabob]

Does it happen everytime you pull away or the first time you use the car after it's been sitting?

If it's the latter, it could just be the surface rust being rubbed off the discs.

[V8V Pete]

Probably the gear chatter / clutch chatter / prop shaft resonance that they all do to a greater or lesser extent. Is it only really noticeable at low revs in low gear when pulling away gently? If so, this is benign and not a fault but a "feature". If you can, get along to a meet where there are lots of Vantage owners and get someone to listen to it and tell you for sure.

[James Flank]

Hey Pete, so the Aston was taken in to a garage today to get a torn up fan belt replaced and it doesn't seem to be making the noise anymore, do you think that it could have been the fan belt making the noise or is it just not making the noise at the moment?
P.S. It doesn't always make the noise but today it sounded like new so I'm hoping that the new belt has fixed it.

[V8V Pete]

I imagine it could well have been the fan belt making the noise and the intermittent nature could have been temperature related. See how it goes for a couple of weeks, if it doesn't happen again you have your answer. Just to clarify, was this the Aston dealer that missed it first time that spotted the fan belt or an independent?

[James Flank]

The Aston dealers did some engine work on the car and made my dad aware of th fan belt and he then got it replaced by a local garage. Hopefully it is all ok now though!