unidentified ticking object

Level 9 User Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 412

Have done some mechanical repairs to the 16v now, it's going quite well. Even the brakes are fairly sharp after a session on them last night! Also replaced n/s driveshaft last week.

Anyhow, I was going for a bit of a hard drive before hopefully MOT-ing it tomorrow, and I noticed a noise coming from the front. It's a ticking sound, quite loud, and it's always there. It's not constant, it goes with the engine - if I'm driving and put the clutch pedal down it dies away (although thinking about it, possibly because I'm not on the accelerator at the time). It doesn't seem to come from one side or the other. It's also there, slowly, at idle revs so I'm guessing nothing to do with my shaft replacement or wheel changing malarkey.

I reckoned on about 8 ticks per second driving around town which seems a little slow to be once per engine rev? If this is a normal noise I'll feel stoopid but happy, otherwise i'll be concerned Confused

Level 8 User Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 315

Tappet maybe?

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

yea check your oil level

Level 9 User Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 412

Oil level is mid-way between the marks

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

defo be a tappet then , prob from someone else ragging round with fook all oil

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

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Level 9 User Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 412

(Did subscribe it just doesn't say so on my profile ? besides which i could already see the knowledge base before i subscribed)

Just took it for a spin this morning and didn't have the problem at all. Although I wasn't trying to rag it round (traffic!) I did the same route and couldn't get it to make the noise. Fingers crossed it won't return too fast!

Do need to do an o/s CV joint too though Sad

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

having oil half way up the dipstick does NOT mean it is definately a tappet!

if it is a tappet it is purely coincidental.

Level 6 User Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 149

could be a CV joint too, i'd think...

Level 9 User Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 412

well i guess if i replace the o/s driveshaft (did the n/s last week) then that's the CVs covered

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

I'm hoping you can diagnose the difference between a knocking CV joint and a ticking tappet...otherwise its very difficult for anyone to be any help online.

Level 9 User Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 412

Wasn't me that suggested the CV - I said it was engine related cos it is!

Level 9 User Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 373

i had a ticking noise comming from an injector last year,got it replaced and it was quiet after that.just a thought

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:17 am

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FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

*cue Chris H mentioning JB's incredibly tappity head*

Bung some wyns valve cleaner in it, i had a lifter that was sticking in my head which was making a ticking sound, bunged some of that in it and within 50 miles the ticking had gone

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The Pink Panther uses it in his car Wink

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Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 569

I had a ticking on the Clio 16v.

Scratched my head for ages...turned out to be a loose bolt on the water pump pulley.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

maybe its just blondie flicking the bean