Charlieepie
New member
Hi all,
I've had my F-Type for about a month now and over the last couple of weeks have noticed a slight noise coming from the engine bay when the engine is cold. If I drive it somewhere and the engine warms up, when I restart the engine the noise will have almost completely gone (sometimes audible at very low speeds).
For info is a 65 plate (MY16 according to the Jaguar online servicing), V6 S, manual gearbox. Has been serviced yearly, most recently August this year. Jaguar online servicing suggests services to schedule but don't detail any extra work.
It's hard to describe, I'd say a quiet rattle / fast (but very quiet) ticking noise? and I don't think it fits anything I've seen on this forum using the search function hence the new topic. It's also too quiet to show up on a video as I have tried to capture it. It's not there when I initially start the engine, then it starts up when I set off and gets worse when pressing the accelerator. It's more audible at lower speeds and lower revs BUT I think that might be at least partly due to the fact that the engine noise masks it at higher speeds. I can just about hear it over the radio but I think that's because I know it's there not because it's loud. I think based on this (mostly getting worse on acceleration) that its to do with the fuel system.
Anyway I took it into the garage that I bought it from (local Toyota dealer; 1 year warranty). They had a listen, confirmed its what they think is an 'abnormal' noise, but that they didn't want to 'tinker with a car of that calibre' (which did make me laugh). They asked me to keep an eye on it and basically let it progress, and if it gets worse they'll send it off to the local Jaguar dealer for further investigation. The mechanic I spoke to said he suspected something to do with the fuel lines and described the noise as a 'tinkling' but I don't think it sounds very metallic so not sure about that.
Has anyone had similar / have any idea what it might be? The car is running fine, no abnormal smells, no lights on dash etc. My worry is that this might be the beginning of an injector failure; I've got a year's warranty and Toyota have assured me even if this fault gets worse outside of the year they'll cover it but I don't want to let it get that far. But I also get their reluctance to send it off to Jaguar straight away as it'll cost them a bit of money.
Separately (I think), intermittent and at low speed there's an occasional squealing noise. My first thought was a belt but I thought this would be a fairly consistent noise rather than happening randomly. I haven't pinpointed what causes this / makes it worse yet as it's only happened to me a few times. Any ideas what this might be (if not a belt?)
I've had my F-Type for about a month now and over the last couple of weeks have noticed a slight noise coming from the engine bay when the engine is cold. If I drive it somewhere and the engine warms up, when I restart the engine the noise will have almost completely gone (sometimes audible at very low speeds).
For info is a 65 plate (MY16 according to the Jaguar online servicing), V6 S, manual gearbox. Has been serviced yearly, most recently August this year. Jaguar online servicing suggests services to schedule but don't detail any extra work.
It's hard to describe, I'd say a quiet rattle / fast (but very quiet) ticking noise? and I don't think it fits anything I've seen on this forum using the search function hence the new topic. It's also too quiet to show up on a video as I have tried to capture it. It's not there when I initially start the engine, then it starts up when I set off and gets worse when pressing the accelerator. It's more audible at lower speeds and lower revs BUT I think that might be at least partly due to the fact that the engine noise masks it at higher speeds. I can just about hear it over the radio but I think that's because I know it's there not because it's loud. I think based on this (mostly getting worse on acceleration) that its to do with the fuel system.
Anyway I took it into the garage that I bought it from (local Toyota dealer; 1 year warranty). They had a listen, confirmed its what they think is an 'abnormal' noise, but that they didn't want to 'tinker with a car of that calibre' (which did make me laugh). They asked me to keep an eye on it and basically let it progress, and if it gets worse they'll send it off to the local Jaguar dealer for further investigation. The mechanic I spoke to said he suspected something to do with the fuel lines and described the noise as a 'tinkling' but I don't think it sounds very metallic so not sure about that.
Has anyone had similar / have any idea what it might be? The car is running fine, no abnormal smells, no lights on dash etc. My worry is that this might be the beginning of an injector failure; I've got a year's warranty and Toyota have assured me even if this fault gets worse outside of the year they'll cover it but I don't want to let it get that far. But I also get their reluctance to send it off to Jaguar straight away as it'll cost them a bit of money.
Separately (I think), intermittent and at low speed there's an occasional squealing noise. My first thought was a belt but I thought this would be a fairly consistent noise rather than happening randomly. I haven't pinpointed what causes this / makes it worse yet as it's only happened to me a few times. Any ideas what this might be (if not a belt?)
