'03 530d engine problem?

'03 530d engine problem?

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tomw2000

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2,508 posts

196 months

Monday 10th March 2008
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Please help: I've got a '03 plate 530d (touring) automatic. Bought 2nd hand a year ago. Great condition and it's been running brilliantly. I now have 74k miles on the clock.

About a month or so ago, I noticed an odd thing. When at very low speeds/revs, say turing around on the drive or edging fowards in a queue of traffic - sometimes the engine makes an odd noise. it's like it's revving harder and being more noisy than it usually is. The rev counter doesn't show anythng odd..although it feels like the engine 'races' very briefly...i.e. makes the noise but doesn't go anywhere. And I'd not necessarily be putting the pedal down at the time, i.e. I could just be keeping constant revs.
There are no other symptoms at all and this doesn't happen all the time...just occasionally. The car is driving normally in every other way.

Anyone have any advice on what that might be a symptom of?

crolandc

290 posts

197 months

Monday 10th March 2008
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Hello tomw2000,
I think that what you are hearing is the cooling fan coming on and off!!

tomw2000

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2,508 posts

196 months

Monday 10th March 2008
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Thanks for the reply. I hope it is just that smile

It's odd because i've only noticed the noise in recent month or so and not at all in the last year.