Hi All,

This is now driving me insane and im on the verge of just scrapping the damn thing. Had a couple of issues which i had booked in to get looked at but then out of knowhere this knocking kicks in when idle. 

Could anyone look at the video and give me a clue? Link below.

 

Focus 2012 Knocking

1 hour ago, Jay Swan said:

Hi All,

This is now driving me insane and im on the verge of just scrapping the damn thing. Had a couple of issues which i had booked in to get looked at but then out of knowhere this knocking kicks in when idle. 

Could anyone look at the video and give me a clue? Link below.

 

Focus 2012 Knocking

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Ooops, sorry. that should be sorted now

 

2 hours ago, Jay Swan said:

Hi All,

This is now driving me insane and im on the verge of just scrapping the damn thing. Had a couple of issues which i had booked in to get looked at but then out of knowhere this knocking kicks in when idle. 

Could anyone look at the video and give me a clue? Link below.

 

Focus 2012 Knocking

Is it a manual? If so when was the clutch last done?

Its a manual and its not been done whilst ive had it in the last year and a half. just gone through all the old paperwork and nothing showing it being done before so im guessing it hasnt.

1 minute ago, Jay Swan said:

Its a manual and its not been done whilst ive had it in the last year and a half. just gone through all the old paperwork and nothing showing it being done before so im guessing it hasnt.

How many miles is your car on, and I'm assuming it's diesel?

Yes mate, just crept over the 130K mark

Just now, Jay Swan said:

Yes mate, just crept over the 130K mark

Most likely dual mass flywheel 

would there be any other signs of it be the DMF. Really dont fancy the expense at the minute.

One thing that was strange is if i push down on the engine the sound goes away?

Plus gears are shifting absolutely fine.

10 minutes ago, Jay Swan said:

Plus gears are shifting absolutely fine.

A dmf won't affect gear shifts (provided it's only partially failed)

10 minutes ago, Jay Swan said:

would there be any other signs of it be the DMF. Really dont fancy the expense at the minute.

One thing that was strange is if i push down on the engine the sound goes away?

Could also be a bad engine mount, can you feel any play in one of the three mounts?

Dont really have the space to get to the lower mount and nearside one. the other is fine. no play at all.

1 hour ago, Jay Swan said:

Dont really have the space to get to the lower mount and nearside one. the other is fine. no play at all.

More than likely (as these tend to go bad) it's the lower mount and the rubber has failed allowing it to vibrate at idle.

Get someone to film the engine as you rev it, if it moves back and forth excessively then it's the lower mount

AHH superstar, I did do this yesterday. I could get a view throught the gap in the bonnet and body and the engine was definitely excessively moving. I'll try this today so I can get a better look.

So had it into the garage and im happy to report it was just the gearbox mount! So all in i managed to get that done, a new tyre and alignment, full major service and break pads for £450 so im pretty happy.