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[gazza65]

hello everyone HELP PLEASE

i have a r plate omega v6 2.5 which has 98.000 on the clock. today i started it and it smoked for about 5 seconds (white grey colour) then stopped. but when the revs rise to 3000, the left bank (as you look into the engine bay) is rattling . the rattling gets worse as the revs increase. it is only the left side which is rattling though when the revs are sat at idle there is very little or no rattle ... can anyone shed some light on this please as ive had omegas for many years and its the first time ive ever come across this. oh and apologies if this is in the wrong bit... gaz

[Darth Loo-knee]

Could be a few things really mate, have you done any work on your car that could have caused the rattle?
When was the last oil change?
When did it last have a Cambelt Change?
Could do with updating your Profile too mate so we know where abouts you are

[gazza65]

hi, will update , newby error soz

no work that could have effected anything, oil and filter done 3 months ago, never uses oil or water cambelt changed 10 months ago approx, i do less than 12.000 a year.. any advice gratefully recieved cheers

[Darth Loo-knee]

hi, will update , newby error soz

no work that could have effected anything, oil and filter done 3 months ago, never uses oil or water cambelt changed 10 months ago approx, i do less than 12.000 a year.. any advice gratefully recieved cheers

What work have you done then?

[gazza65]

nothing except for the usual sundries

oil and filter change
plugs
brake pads
discs all round
wishbones
aircon compressor
dash out and replace all those tiny bleeping bulbs
breather pipes
ooh and the coil pack (lovely job that !!!)

apart from the above , nothing serious

[Darth Loo-knee]

Its not something silly like you have put the wrong leads to the wrong plugs? Have you put the leads on to the correct position on the dispack?

[gazza65]

No, as this was all done months ago.. she's been running fine for a long time. this has only started today.. i parked her up last night after returning from work, then this evening when i started her up she burped out this white (not condensation) grey smoke for about 3-5 seconds then stopped smoking . during this time i revved the engine to clear the smoke and thats when she started sounding rattly from what i discovered to be the left side as you look into the engine bay and the left "bank" this has only started today. she'd been running fine and dandy up till now...

[Pete Elite]

Could this be an Injector problem?

[gazza65]

nope, sounds like tappets

[Darth Loo-knee]

If you think it is the lifters then try a few oil changes at around 500 - 1000 mile intervals  

[gazza65]

hmmm... maybe , but why only the one bank thats whats got me mucking fuddled !!!!!

[albitz]

could be just one lifter,gone sticky.

[gazza65]

could be... would that account for the burst of smoke when i started it

[Darth Loo-knee]

Burst of smoke on start up actual sounds like Valve Stem Seals to me...

[Pete Elite]

nope, sounds like tappets

   Sorry i thought you'd ruled out tappets so was trying to suggest something else as i wouldn't have thought you'd get a puff of grey smoke if tappets to blame :-/.

  Another thought i had was is the tapping sound a heavy pinking maybe from contaminated fuel as this may also explain the smoke :-/.

       Just trying cover all bases .