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Anyone have 1.9 TDI engine?
joneh - 15/9/06 at 05:25 PM

Mines started to make a clicking sound -clicks about 4 times per second so I don't think its tappets - also the oil have never run low.

Its a new sound and I just wondered if:

A) I'm being paranoid
B) Its worth getting it checked out
C) Ignore it - a 55000 mile tdi engine will make weird nosies.

coozer - 15/9/06 at 06:08 PM

Put some veg oil in to clean it through and smooth things out.

Just make sure its got a Bosch pump and not a Lucas one.

graememk - 15/9/06 at 06:55 PM

the guy next door has a passat thats done 235k and to be honest it sounds quite nice

ned - 15/9/06 at 08:02 PM

is it a pug or vw? my vw's just hit 138k and still going strong and it's been chipped.

Ned.

givemethebighammer - 15/9/06 at 08:04 PM

What's it in ?

My Seat Alhambra makes a ticking noise from the passenger footwell. It alarmed me at first until I found out there is a separate diesel heater under the floor running the cars interior heating and the ticking is the small diesel pump fueling it. Only runs in very cold weather though.

Danozeman - 15/9/06 at 09:04 PM

My tdi passats got 103k on it and its runs as sweet as a nut apart from the turbo brg's when u rev it up standing still.

At 55k it will probably be nowt to worry about. Is it definatley the engine making the noise or something else?

Whats it in?

I would leave it for a bit and see what happens.

joneh - 15/9/06 at 09:25 PM

Its in a vw caddy. Sounds like its coming from behind the engine on the drivers side.

Humbug - 16/9/06 at 07:43 AM

quote:
Originally posted by joneh
Its in a vw caddy. Sounds like its coming from behind the engine on the drivers side.


"behind the engine on the drivers side" ... it's not you making the ticking noise then, is it?