ACHUKA Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Our Berlingo Multispace (10 days old - 300 miles on clock) has developed noisy acceleration in low gears. Sounds like vibration from the engine area. ANyone else had this? Is it something that will get sorted at the first service? Quote
Albert Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 The DW8 engine isnt the smoothest unit and in the Berlingo it has to work hard to pull along a heavy body. You've only done 300 miles so the engine is still very tight, my old 19D only felt really smooth after 10000 miles and an oil change. It may be worth asking the Dearlers to check the engine mounts at your 1000/1500 mile check to put your mind at rest. Another thought, is the cover on the engine loose? Quote
ACHUKA Posted April 7, 2003 Author Posted April 7, 2003 Thanks Albert. I'll bear those points in mind when I book it in for the 1st service. POSTSCRIPT: Felt sufficiently new-car-hyper today to go back to the dealer and ask them to check out the engine noise. Of course, it was nowhere near as apparent as it had been, but the workshop engineer took it for a 3 minute spin with me in the passenger seat, and drove the engine a lot harder than I'd been doing and it sounded sweet enough at high revs. So if there is a prob. I don't think it's engine related. Possibly some body work that reverberates in low temps. I'll relax now till the first service. Check out this piece from [i]The Guardian[/i] Tues April 8th: [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,932470,00.html"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,...,932470,00.html[/url] Quote
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