Hi All, I know this a relatively old thread.
I've just joined as I bought a Mark I (P Reg-1996)today and it has this problem, I just know it's gonna be a rod as said above.
I'll post back up once I've sorted it.
Not sure if I can post pic yet either, but if I can I'll drop one or two also incase it helps someone else in the future.
I race motorbikes, and have always been fairly 'get the spanners out and let's see what makes it tick' so hopefully I can contribute a fair bit once I know how this car works (always fancied a Laguna over the years, I came across this one quite by chance today

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Regards
Blue.