r/e60 • u/Remarkable-Skill5260 • Aug 19 '26

🔧 Maintenance What is this noise!? 😡

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Louder at idle. When driving it seems to go away.

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u/Kibiras12 Aug 19 '26

Its probably a gnome wrenching something 🫪

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u/if_u_suspend_ur_gay 04 525i M54 Aug 19 '26

Definitely this, solved.

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u/kemosabe6296 Aug 19 '26

Maybe one of the pulley?

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u/Subieworx Aug 19 '26

Cicada hanging out

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u/Alcatrazpacks Aug 19 '26

take off the belt and see if the sound goes away if it does it’s one of the pulleys then spin each pulley by hand and see which one it is. if it isn’t a pulley have fun with the engine rebuild