Hello

Just to put out some information to people that are hearing lots of rattle  
at start-up of the V6-12V engine..

After listening to the bad sounds for too long I finally got to do the  
work.. I dismounted the serpentine belt first to rule out the involved  
parts there.. However there was no change to the bad sounds..

I therefore dismounted the covers for the timing belt and found the  
cause.. A slack timer-belt... adjusting the timing belt tensioner made the  
horrible sounds disappear..

I can't blame any other than myself, as I changed the timing belt this  
spring.. Seems like the bolt-tension/ friction barely overcome the forces  
from the running timing belt.. It even got loose again just after having  
put on the covers again, so I had to redo the work..

A sunshine story in mid winter.. :-)