When you detect abnormal sounds on your Renault Espace 4 you tend to worry about them. Especially when you feel a noise when you accelerate on your Renault Espace 4. It is automatically assimilated to an engine motor issue and can therefore be severe. As we know that you do not take these problems lightly, we have decided to create this document to help you find the causes and get rid of this concern as quickly as possible. To do this, we will first see what are the reasons of a high pitched noise when accelerating with my Renault Espace 4, then what is a whistling or ratling noise at the acceleration of my Renault Espace 4, then the sources of a noise that intensifies during acceleration and to finish a noise that ends when I stop accelerating.
Ma Renault Espace 4 makes a high-pitched noise when I accelerate:
If your Renault Espace 4 makes a loud noise when you accelerate, it is quite conceivable that the alternator belt is the cause of your issue. You will need to identify if this noise appears abruptly and if it can stop as it started. The alternator belt is a wearing part that is employed to supply power to the secondary components of your Renault Espace 4’s engine and although it is less vital than the timing belt it can generate engine troubles if it fails. This noise may be a warning sign of a slackened belt, in which case the tensioner roller or its wear and tear may be at fault. In any case, check the state of your belt and its tension. If it causes this acceleration noise on Renault Espace 4, go to your auto technician.
Ma Renault Espace 4 makes whining noise when I accelerate:
- Rattling or whistling noise generated by the turbo
- Humming noise caused by air leakage
If you have a power loss that comes with the rattling noise when you accelerate with your Renault Espace 4, it is plausible that your turbo is declining and some of its parts are at the end of their life. Verify it and change it if it is the cause, otherwise you risk clogging your engine in the long run. If you listen to this blowing or whistling noise on your car, feel free to refer to this content about turbo noises on Renault Espace 4, if you would like more details.
If, on the other hand, you do not get any power loss due to an humming noise on your Renault Espace 4, it is more than likely that you have one of your junctions or air hoses that has holes. So check the whole air supply system from your air filter to your engine to discover the starting point of this acceleration sound.
Ma Renault Espace 4 makes an increasingly loud noise when I accelerate:
If, on the other hand, you have the feeling that the more you gain speed, the more your noise at acceleration on Renault Espace 4 gets loud, then you will have to look at the rolling parts of your car. Indeed, if this loud noise does not occur when you iddle, it is necessarily related to your transmission, and, in general, to your wheels. The most known reason is the state of your bearings, so make sure to check their condition to make sure it is not the reason of this loud noise when you accelerate. If not, go to this article about the noises related to Renault Espace 4 noise wheels.
Ma Renault Espace 4 creates a noise when I accelerate that stops when I stop accelerating:
Finally, if you experience a noise when accelerating with your Renault Espace 4 and this noise which could be a cliking sound tends to stop when you disengage (press the clutch pedal), then one of the wear parts of your clutch system may be the reason. Indeed, the clutch release bearings must be swapped around every 120 000 / 130 000km. To test it, you just have to see if you have more difficulty than every time shifting gears, if you feel a resistance either stronger or non-existent in the clutch pedal. If you have any of these manifestations, go to your mechanic to change the clutch release bearings on your Renault Espace 4. Go through our article on clutch noise on Renault Espace 4 for more information.
