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Old 09-06-2011 | 10:39 AM
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Default New Guy: Engine noise when starting a cold engine

I just bought a 2008 Cooper S. When I start the car for the first time of the day it sounds like a sheetmetal rattle for about 5 seconds then it goes away. Has anyone experienced an issue like this? Could it be a timing chain?
 
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Old 09-06-2011 | 04:09 PM
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There's a tensioner , there has been a service advisory on it
 
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