Rattle In Engine In Vvti Corolla '00

[roberthickey1]

Hey,

Got an annoying rattle noise in my engine at low revs and it's ususally only in 2nd and 3rd gear.

Any ideas what might cause it ?

Was hoping it was a bad dose of petrol as I have it a month back and it disappeared.

It's like a delay in distribution of petrol as sometimes the car will chug for a couple of seconds too.

This only really happens in the first few mins from driving the car cold, hasn't had and impact on steering or controls as yet.

Is this a serious job to fix as i've read somewhere that this can lead to reseting of ECUs.

Can I do damage to the engine by continuing to drive like this?

[Fred6370]

Have you checked your oil level??

Some of theese cars use a bit of oil, so if it start to get to a low level, the sound you are describing can be heard...

hmmm, i might have misunderstood your noise... Try to clean your air flow meter. It`s a electronic part fitted to the airfilter some place, with two star screws.... (baaaad english, i know....) Try to clean this inside with something. If you use a flashlight and look inside it, you might see dirt in there. But do not touch the part you need to clean, use some cleanerspray of some sort.