Avensis Rattling Noise From Engine & Oil Warning Light On

[crazypierre]

Hi

I am new to this forum and hope somebody can point me in the right direction.

I have a 2001 Avensis, 1.8vvti auto with 125K on the clock (auto)

Starts up fine and the engine sounds really sweet. After a few minutes, the oil warning light starts to flicker. Then as the engine warms up further, a nasty rattle from the engine is heard. The oil warning light stays on constantly by this time.

The rattle increases as you increase the revs, but disappears at idle.

The car has had regular oil changes and generally been well looked after.

Has anyone seen this before and can you advise what might be causing this?

Obviously, I am not using the car with this problem. I plan to take the rocker cover off and the sump to see if I can see anything wrong but any pointers would be appreciated.

If this is the wrong forum for this, please let me know where best to post it.

Thanks in advance.

Peter

[reece]

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[crazypierre]

Thanks for the video Reece but that's not the problem. I should have said in my post that there is enough oil in it.

[Heidfirst]

If this is the wrong forum for this, please let me know where best to post it.

perhaps the Avensis forum ...?

[adam_d]

Did once hear of a Yaris with a similar situation, which turned out to be a dodgy oil filter. It wasn't letting the oil flow properly, and the rattling was the timing chain, which wasn't getting enough oil through, luckily they got it sorted before any damage was done anywhere else. With you saying the rattle only starts when it warms up, it could be something more serious, such as a failing oil pump.

I may be way off here, but hope that helps.