Re: <E36>REPLY-Rattling M42 engine at warm idle.

[John G.Burns <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have this EXACT same noise, and to be honest, have had it for at least a
> year, maybe more?  Im still on my original water pump, but did replace all
> drive belts sometime last year.   If I recall, I _think_ someone once said
> this rattling noise is caused by the timing chanin tensioner, which
> allegedly is an easy item to replace for a do-it-yourselfer, although I have
> yet to fool with  mine.

I had a new chain tensioner installed when the profile
gasket was done last winter. The problem existed before and
after so that's unlikely to be the cause :-(

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