Evening all. I'm on the hunt for a car and looked at an ED30 today. Car is on 57 plate, covered about 30K miles and is all very tidy and tight. Looking at the history it had belts and water pump replaced after 4 years. However, on startup it makes an almighty diesel clatter which with the bonnet up was clearly coming from the right hand side of the engine. The noise is only on startup, the engine is otherwise sounding fine.
I've had a look through some posts here and sounds like this could be a cam chain/tensioner issue. What says everyone? My wife has a Mk6 1.4 TSI and this too has a diesel sound on startup which I understand is to do with the timing chain and while it's a bit disconcerting it's certainly quieter than this ED30.
