check the cam belt mate, had this twice with mine and found that the edge of the belt was chewed up. When you rev it, it used to tap as it went round the pulleys.

take the top half of the cover off and keep turning the engine over to check it.

I used to get this from time to time on my old 1.4 16v, just used to change the oil, problem solved. But, on one occasion it started making that noise, I changed the oil as usual and it still made the noise, decided to take to the garage, on the way there the cambelt snapped. £800 down the drain.

Best to get it checked out, it might be nothng.

i was a greenhouses mech mate dont worry bout it they all do it trust me

Its the injectors.

Ford Zetecs do it but much louder.

mine does this too, but my garage tells me it is a noise to do with the injectors and the fact that they are governed by solonoids?
I said about tappits and they say it cant as the engine is only 6 months old and is Brand new.

there is plenty of oil in it so thats not the problem.

If its not an internal engine noise check your spark plugs these tick if they earth with the body work or arc out as its called check these first if the noise isn't really loud

Hows about put some more oil in it b4 u fuck it up completely my 1.416v did this wen low on oil topped it up and had nay problems

naw its there most of the time. was there this mornin, went away for a while, when i drove it bout 20miles came back as bad as ever. should i stop drivin it. what damage could i do.

Probably lifters.

Wont damage anything. Try whats been said. Does it stop when hot?

some has stuck a bomb in your ride :lol:

go to a car shop ask for some engine flush and some new oil and a filter

put the flush in where u put ure oil and start ure engine. sit with it runnin at no more than 2k revs for 20 min

remove sump plug (careful of hot oil) drain the oil. remove oil filter and replace with new one.

fill back up with oil

jobs a good un :thumbs: if i can do it anyone can :)

how do u go about an engine flush

might be oil pump so oil isnt gettin round the head properly. ticking is usually the tappets. how many miles u done since the oil change.... i think its best u do it every three months atleast so might be worth a try with an engine flush at first as its the cheapest option. about £15 parts :thumbs:

the oil was just changed bout 2 months ago using semi synethic oil, should i stop driving it until i get it sorted. could it be the cams

u had a service recently??

when was last time u changed or checked the oil. that sound is made when the oil is gettin round the engine when u first start it. when mine first started to do this i gave it an engine flush and oil change and i was lucky it cured it. worse case is a new set of lifters or tappets or even the tappets reseated.

it is a known occurence on some engines especially 1.4 ecotech engines



[Edited on 11-03-2004 by Kerry]

ticking noise when the car is on, when i rev it the tickin gets faster, its not the crank or timing, i was thinking it mite be the tapets or the cams. can ne i help. should i stop drivin it?