Vibration/rattling noise from engine. In the dealership 6 times in the last two months. They said they have checked the following: heat shield, exhaust leak, timing chain, rusty or broken flexplate, faulty harmonic balancer, loose fan blade, faulty serpentine belt tensioner, loose bolt on the mou…

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Sounds like the dealer has been throwing a lot of parts at the problem. Or at least checking a lot of parts. At this point I’d say they don’t know what the issue is. Don’t take it back there. Either take it to another independent shop, expecting them to diagnose and possibly throw parts at it at yo…

Thanks for the info…yes, I suppose I could live with the noise, but what happens when I want to sell the vehicle. I wanted to trade in next year…I wouldn’t buy a car with this kind of noise, so I assume no one else will. And I am sure the value of my car will be less with this issue.

Is your shop using a mechanic’s stethoscope to narrow down where the noise is coming from? If not, ask them to try that. Sometimes just a length of discarded garden hose can be used as a stethoscope. Until the source of the sound is determined, this will be very difficult to fix. Given everythi…

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll pass it along to the mechanic.

2016 Kia Forte - Engine issues

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COROLLAGUY1 October 8, 2021, 12:49pm 6

Kia TDI engines are very noisy,almost like an old diesel engine.The valves needs to be cleaned to stop the rattles.

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