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Brief engine rattle at start-up
My wife is primary driver of our 2010 unlimited Rubicon. In Colorado last week and noticed a brief rattle/tapping noise from engine at start-up. Basically sound like valve chatter. Thought it was the cold weather, but wife mentioned it is a normal occurrence. Is it normal for the 2010 JK to make this noise?
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Sounds like dry start to me. Certain oil and filter combinations make this worse or better.
Personally I have had really good success with conventional oil and WIX filters. |
Changed oil just before trip. I am using and always have used Mobil 1 synthetic and Wix filter.
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Hmmm....and this noise only happens at start up?
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Only at start up, and for maybe 2 seconds. Using 5/20 oil as recommended by manufacturer.
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Definitely sounds like dry start to me as well. This happens to my '11 JK as well and happened to my '09 ford fusion. I believe there is a thread on this topic on this forum but forget what it's called. I think there were people on that thread that found oil/ filter combos that stopped this from happening.
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I recently call our local dealership, they said its normal and they cant do anything about it, It's just the design. I have a 2011 jku just over 11k and it only does it when it is really cold outside
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Originally Posted by Jeeper John
My wife is primary driver of our 2010 unlimited Rubicon. In Colorado last week and noticed a brief rattle/tapping noise from engine at start-up. Basically sound like valve chatter. Thought it was the cold weather, but wife mentioned it is a normal occurrence. Is it normal for the 2010 JK to make this noise?
Another angle is discussed in this thread and others like it: https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...e-start-Lubers I do not endorse my pre-oiler approach other than to say it is the way I played with the problem. (Your needs may differ!) |
I have a 2010 sahara with 30k on it, I occasionally have the same problem
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My wife has this problem with her 08 JKUR. I talked to the service tech. and he said it was nothing to worry about.
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