Engine ticking :(

[kyleo92]

As title reads, my car has recently developed a ticking sound which gets louder when i accelerate, doesnt make any sound when accelerator pedal isnt pushed... located sound to left side of the engine bay.

Does it sound like a common symptom of fuel injectors need replacing?

If so realistically how easy to do, cost, and how long would it take as I use my car for work an need it first thing monday morning?

Or could it be crankshaft pulley or something else?

If it helps car has done 140k and haven't got much of a service history apart from MOTs and a couple of service receipts

[Strikeforce]

Does the ticking stop at 3.5k rpm?

[kyleo92]

yeah to be exact around 3.2k which i know is injector related..

I hear it in idle quite quietly and then the more i rev upto 3.2k the louder it gets..

Its too dark for me to have a proper look around at the minute though

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Actually thinking about it... it could be my camshaft pulley starting to fail, they're only rated for about 70k arent they? and it sounds nearer to drivers side..

[Jonny81191]

i bet it's injectors if it stops at 3.2k, nowt to worry about!

[kyleo92]

i bet it's injectors if it stops at 3.2k, nowt to worry about!

I think because I have no sound deadening in my engine bay it sounds worse than what it is?



So is it just a case of cleaning them, replacing the copper rings around them?

[Niall]

someone has actually replaced it with a gti engine last night

[kyleo92]

someone has actually replaced it with a gti engine last night

Hahaha!

[Poodle]

I think because I have no sound deadening in my engine bay it sounds worse than what it is?



So is it just a case of cleaning them, replacing the copper rings around them?

There's been loads of threads on this recently, have a look about. The general gist is that there's nothing you can do to stop it short of buying new injectors. Fuel system cleaner will do more harm than good, copper washers won't make much of a difference, Cully claims even refurbished injectors start ticking again within a year.

[gareth7]

Poodle's right on the money I'm afraid, new ones or very low mileage replacements.........Tom306HDi on .net had a set refurbed by the same people who did Cully's and they're ticking again after only 3 months!

[kyleo92]

Thanks guys looking at buying some more, even though i believe its only just the one tapping im going to replace all of them just in case....

Realistic price so i dont get mugged off?

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I think because I have no sound deadening in my engine bay it sounds worse than what it is?



So is it just a case of cleaning them, replacing the copper rings around them?

There's been loads of threads on this recently, have a look about. The general gist is that there's nothing you can do to stop it short of buying new injectors. Fuel system cleaner will do more harm than good, copper washers won't make much of a difference, Cully claims even refurbished injectors start ticking again within a year.

Yeah had been looking around before i posted this thread up, take it, it will be safe to run for the next week or so?

[Poodle]

Ticking injectors aren't a problem mate, just an annoyance, it'll probably be fine for the next 50k miles lol.

Poodle's right on the money I'm afraid, new ones or very low mileage replacements.........Tom306HDi on .net had a set refurbed by the same people who did Cully's and they're ticking again after only 3 months!

Who did these? I've got some dieselbob ones, want to see how long they last...

[gareth7]

DieselBob mate........they barely lasted three months.

I had a set I was going to send up to them but after hearing Tom's I'm not bothering.

[Poodle]

Ah bugger hahaha, never mind. Got a bosch specialist near me i'm doing my best to get friendly with, but they want close enough to a ton per injector... :S

[puggyhdi]

Just turn the music up lol

[kyleo92]

Just turn the music up lol

Haha I normally do.. However I'm driving my managing director next week which is gonna be funny sounds like a tractor!

[puggyhdi]

Haha that's how mine sounds, best way to tell which one is ticking is put a screwdriver against each injector and listen through the screwdriver, I seem to get more off a weird tick from injector 2. But if changing them replace as a set of 4 with the same codes on them. Probs a bit of useless advise lol.

[kyleo92]

Haha that's how mine sounds, best way to tell which one is ticking is put a screwdriver against each injector and listen through the screwdriver, I seem to get more off a weird tick from injector 2. But if changing them replace as a set of 4 with the same codes on them. Probs a bit of useless advise lol.

Not at all mate, tried the screwdriver trick however couldnt really tell which one, however I'm sure it's the first one, yeah gonna replace them all when the time comes.. Do I need to replace the whole rail or just new injectors?

[puggyhdi]

Oh cool yea just injectors mate a pain to get out tho.

[kyleo92]

Got it sorted today guys, took it to my garage to look at and it was my crankshaft pulley, rubber had corroded on it...

£140 fitted and 3 month warranty so I'm chuffed it's all sorted

Thanks for your help guys :-)

[Eeyore]

ive got this problem too. I can only hear it some times. Its not as bad as Toms306 has been making out! Yeh i just turn the music up glad youve sorted it!