General Slight rattle from 2011 V50 1600 diesel.

[Diesel74]

Evening all.

Hope you can help.

Been car hunting and found a 2011 V50 1600cc turbo diesel. 118k miles. No idea of engine code.

BUT there is one issue that i cant put my finger on.
Drives fine and a surprising amount of power for its size, weight and cc etc....
When i test drove the car i heard an underlying rattle from the engine.
Just at the point where i come off the gas pedal and onto the clutch when changing gear.
Also happens when i give it a rev when stationary. Blip the throttle. Just as i take my foot off. At peak and just as the revs start to decrease.
I ran a mile last week when i heard it but still got the car stuck in my head.

Keep running or could it be something that is common and easily repaired?

Thanks in advance.

Ruch

[5cilinder]

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[Diesel74]

No can do unfortunately.
Saw the car last Saturday (about 20 miles from home). Looked at another car today that was the same spec but was a no from me as soon as i walked up to it.
Didn't even start it. Probably should have.

[GrahamBrown1]

Could be flywheel starting to show age. Just from your description but could be a million other things. Theres plenty cars about you don’t want to buy something and then have it in the garage straight away, nowt worse unless its cheap ect.

[Diesel74]

Definately engine and 99% sure it isn't flywheel.

Was hoping theres a brake/air pump or something on them that are common for rattling or something. Never mind lol

[Kev0607]

Could literally be so many things. Without a recording of the noise, its hard to say.

If you're really interested in the car, bring a mechanic with you to do an inspection on it for a few beer tokens. Let him have a listen.