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Title: ticking from engine
Post by: bally on August 07, 2007, 11:46:09 PM
i have a very odd and annoying noise which can only be described as a constant tick i have had a new gt35r turbo and have extra injectors and a new map from greg in bristol any ideas guys ?
Title: ticking from engine
Post by: sonicEVO1 on August 07, 2007, 11:56:37 PM
Without hearing it possibly the injectors.................
Title: ticking from engine
Post by: 20B_boy on August 08, 2007, 12:36:33 AM
Exhaust or inlet manifold blow?
Title: ticking from engine
Post by: banned advertiser on August 08, 2007, 01:11:55 AM
Could be blanking plate if single turbo? under plenum
Title: ticking from engine
Post by: ianelvar on August 12, 2007, 09:58:06 AM
I\'ve had something like this scard me half to death. Turned out to be the power steering pump was low on fluid.
Title: ticking from engine
Post by: strange_days_uk on August 12, 2007, 11:28:28 AM
Agree with Rich, is quite likely to be a gasket.  Does the noise get better when the engine hots up ?  If so then defo a gasket.
Title: ticking from engine
Post by: SmbFD3S on February 13, 2008, 11:12:46 PM
I have the same problem, been trying to figure it out for ages now....

Comes from near or under the intake manifold, and increases in "ticking speed" with rev increase, what do you reckon??

Can also be heard inside the car, and am completely stumped... Car runs fine, no other problems with it.... Any ideas anyone ??
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Post by: ace-rx7 on February 14, 2008, 10:14:54 AM
i aslo had ticking coming from under the bonnet ? scared the crap out of me when i found it :eek:
 
one of the ps pump bolts had come loose and was hitting the back of the pulley !!! very lucky i found it as pulley is only platic :confused:
Title: ticking from engine
Post by: Smifta on February 14, 2008, 02:59:12 PM
I had this with low PS fluid also.
Title: ticking from engine
Post by: SmbFD3S on February 14, 2008, 04:55:39 PM
Well it\'s not power steering fluid and it\'s not anything hitting anything (external to the chambers anyway) but deffo sounds mechanical, imagine a quieter version of a flasher relay but with a more consistent rhythmic tick.... Am thining primary or secondary injectors, or a solenoid, do these tick/click ???
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Post by: interloper393 on February 14, 2008, 05:24:39 PM
maybe a nice friend has hid a clock in yer engine :D
Title: ticking from engine
Post by: Nik da Greek on February 14, 2008, 10:02:40 PM
Start to worry if you find a black box with red LEDs counting down to zero....:Laugh
 
Seriously, though, could be someting hitting a pulley or belt, like was said earlier? I had a ticking noise, though quite faint, that eventually turned out to be the trailing end of a cable tie that was catching a pulley very so often. Especially annoying to trace cos it was intermittent
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Post by: SiH on February 14, 2008, 10:35:30 PM
On a lot of other engines it\'s often a sign of a knackered pre turbo gasket AFAIK :)
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Post by: karl_tate on February 14, 2008, 10:40:55 PM
lol when i got my engine running again after fitting bigger secondarys and connecting the boost controller up for the first time (was already on there) i had the ignition on which powered the controller and i kept hearing this ticking/buzzing from some where and couldnt find it for ages.
 
was the solenoid lol
Title: ticking from engine
Post by: bally on February 14, 2008, 11:21:44 PM
problem solved lol manifold gasket :Thumbs-up
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Post by: interloper393 on February 14, 2008, 11:33:30 PM
awww so its not a hiden clock? :(
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Post by: bally on February 14, 2008, 11:41:26 PM
Quote from: interloper393awww so its not a hiden clock? :(
afraid not fella hahaha:rolleyes:
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Post by: SmbFD3S on February 15, 2008, 09:31:18 AM
Quote from: ballyproblem solved lol manifold gasket :Thumbs-up

Intake or exhaust bally??
 
I\'ll change mine anyway, and see what happens....
 
and nope, not found any hidden clocks yet lol :)
Title: ticking from engine
Post by: bally on February 15, 2008, 08:09:39 PM
exhaust manifold bloody thing lol