I am doing my level best to try and get rid of the zafira, but the damn thing just won't be gotten rid of. It's latest ploy is a top end noise. The car is also as flat as a witches tit.
It started about two weeks ago, approximately one week and 250 miles after I did the timing belt, water pump and tensioners. It has started out life as a diesely thrum but has graduated rapidly to a nasty sounding rattle that definitely signals a significant issue.
When it was a thrum I was thinking hydraulic lifters, by with the nasty rattle I'm thinking it's one or both of the cam dephasers disintegrating. My theory is that the new tensioner and belt has better tension than the 14yr old 103k ones that came off and it's put more stress on the cams.
To answer the obvious, I checked the timing twice, then checked it again, but my first port of call is a strip down to look it over one more time.
Sny advice greatly appreciated as always!