View Full Version : vanos noise?


got psi
04-22-2004, 01:36 PM
Has anyone found out what that rattle is on the vanos? I rebuilt the motor and everything looked great.I spent my time assembling. I havn't boosted large yet only 7psi. The car runs great, I will eventually go to 12psi. The vanos didn't make a sound till this morning or about 550miles on new rebuild. J.T.

radelow
04-22-2004, 01:44 PM
There is a little bit of slop in the spindle gears on the vanos unit. From my understanding this is totally normally and does not affect performance at all.

slvr98 M
04-22-2004, 03:03 PM
The primary and secondary tensioners sometimes need replacing as well as the guide rail.