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Old 08-28-2010, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by dogspower View Post
I just bought a 2004 beetle with a 1.8 turbo engine when the engine is running at a idle has a lite rattel speed it up a little over idle it get louder speed it up just a little more rattel goes away and is very smooth sounds like its coming from the right side of the engine any ideas pulled the top timing belt cover off belt looks good
How many miles does it have? Have the timing belt, tensioner, waterpump and such been changed already? If you past 80k miles, you may want to do this ASAP!!!!!
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