I keep getting engine noise on my shogun sport warrior with acceleration usually around 60mph but sometime less. The noise can be described as like the sound I had on my BMX as a kid when you stuck a lollypop stick in your spokes! (Sounds daft but this is the best decription I can give). It's been to various Mitsubishi garages and they just say it will be when the engine gets warm and that its probably the tappets that have worked loose; adivising the problem would disappear once a service has been carried out. It never has diappeared and I'm now two years into having this problem. I also notice the noise comes with speeds less than fifty if I'm driving into wind! What can I do / check next?

You obviously refer to a noise but vehicles can make a wide variety of noises.

It would be of invaluable help if you could accurately describe the noise, the type, the pitch, is it relative to road speed or engine speed, does it vary through the gears, change pitch or volume on corners and so forth?

There is then a broken wire or rusty connection. Check the grounds as these tend to corrode first.

Check the transmission/gearbox for number sensors, reverse, neutral are usually to the rear and speed sensors around the flywheel/bell housing where it bolts to the engine.

Hi, there are two solenoids at the back of the engine1 black 1 brown,there is a small pipe coming from the back of the engine you should check this pipe to see if its damaged or split .

Check your connections at the shifter and neutral safety switch. If you wiggle the shifter and it starts, the problem is close to the base of the shifter or the wiring harness to the transmission from the shifter. Look for loose connections or damaged wiring.

The symptoms as you have describe sounds like a vacuum leak. Many components on the engine run off of vacuum. Troubleshooting is a simple matter of listening and feeling around. Because you can hear the noise you describe, it seems more likely to me be be a disconnected hose, a hose that has a tear or cut in it, or possibly a component that uses vacuum is broken off. I once had a hose touch a hot part of the engine and melted a hole in it. It was such a simple inexpensive fix. Start the engine, even if it runs rough, you may have to keep moving the throttle linkage to keep it from stalling, then look, listen, and feel around for the vacuum leak (especially in the vicinity of the noise you've described). Less likely to me but possible, is a failed PCV valve, or some other vacuum driven sensor that has failed to hold vacuum. NOTE: If you had some maintenance done on the engine lately, look in that area, the mech may have accidentally bumped a hose loose or disconnected something and forgot to reconnect it. Best of luck resolving this problem.

Does sombody know where the fuse box is for my 53plate shogun sport equipe as i have no brake lights

The seals around the windows, are where the noise is coming from, and yes, it's normal.
Fixedya!

Put a diesel additive in and see if that helps.

Hello!
Perhaps you may be looking in the wrong area, have you checked tyre pressures? also tyre condition? you have obviously had the tracking checked? If all these are o.k. maybe a Brake caliper is binding slightly on the nearside wheel?
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