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tomhighcliffe:
Hello there,

Just taken delivery of my 2007 Gti totally standard car, tyhe car has 53000miles on the clock and has just been a rep mobile going up and down the motorway. Full VW service history.

The car is/was low on oil, so I have just topped it up with the Castrol edge 5w30 as other topics recommended.

As I start the car is makes a bad rattle n strange noise that I cant put my finger on, almost sounds like a diesel, then once its running its fine.

Has anybody else had this problem? Any solutions? It will be going to the dealer to find out whats going on but I would imagine alot of you out there now just as much/more than the dealer

Cheers

Tom

edd666999:
there have been a few posts about this, some sounding more like oil burners than others. One member i think had a fan belt or fan replaced due to the noise. Mine does sound diesel ish most of the time till its warm too

Nasir:
Is it similar to this? http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/t/90256.aspx

There's a sound clip in the thread uswel.

tomhighcliffe:
Cheers, it seems slightly better now with more oil in, I'll still be taking it to the dealer this week and see what they say, I'll search through and try and find some of the other threads

WhiteGTI:
Lol, the GTI makes an awful 'clattery' sound on start-up! Many many of my friends regularly take the p!ss out of me for having a car that sounds so shyte when starting up!

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