Fabia 77TSI metallic rattle at low revs (mainly when taking off from a standstill).

[Lucas_R]

So my younger brother recently bought a 77TSI Fabia. Cool little car. He brought it around to show me and when he was pulling into the driveway i noticed a metallic rattle coming from the engine. Its only audiable at low revs and mainly when taking off from a standstill or parking etc. The noise goes away at higher revs. I was wondering if its like the Mk6 VW GTI's which have a wastegate rattle (which VW have developed a fix for - a special clip fitted to the wastegate shaft to stop the noise).

As the wastegate is very accessable on these motors because of the top/front mounted turbo, i wriggled it which showed it moved around (had some slack) and make a similar noise to what i had been hearing.

Anyone else with a Fabia (or Polo or Golf) 77TSi have this same noise. And is there a "fix" for it?

[frozze]

Probably check this thread out.

First couple of pages mentioned about a rattle. Could be related?

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/forums/f128/new-polo-problems-register-45487.html

[Lucas_R]

Cheers Frozze - i hadnt looked in the Polo section yet. Seems like a common "issue" on the Polo's as well - being either a/c pipes rubbing or fuel lines rubbing or a combination of both.