I have had a strange engine noise develop, particularly after washing the car on my 2023 Lotus Emira Manual V6. It almost sound like a cricket.
You can hear it on idle and when revving / accelerating, it’s definitely coming from the engine and doesn’t appear to be related to the gear linkage vibrating noise.
In addition in cold start and get some white smoke from the exhaust, that I believe is condensation burning off as it’s gone when the engine is warm, however does appear to be quite abit of carbon on the exhaust tips, is this normal or?
Please see the below videos and pictures, if anyone can offer any advice it’d be much appreciated.
You can hear it on idle and when revving / accelerating, it’s definitely coming from the engine and doesn’t appear to be related to the gear linkage vibrating noise.
In addition in cold start and get some white smoke from the exhaust, that I believe is condensation burning off as it’s gone when the engine is warm, however does appear to be quite abit of carbon on the exhaust tips, is this normal or?
Please see the below videos and pictures, if anyone can offer any advice it’d be much appreciated.
