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Recent ticking noise???

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:b: I have a 97 vs series II, recently I have noticed my engine has been making an occasional ticking noise? I usually use 96 unleaded but Last tank I used 91 unleaded for a try, could the ticking noise be comming from the fuel being to low a octane????? or is it tappets/injectors????
Please help !!! love the sound of my car idling but not with this damn ticking

cheers for any help
 

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hey mate check your exhaust manifolds that the bolts are tight and that they arent cracked... other than that you might need an oil change... worked on a vs at work last week. but it also could be the fuel. if it does it with one and not the other...
just my two cents worth
 

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yeah my car has a bit of a tick to it, only really noticable when your close to the engine with the bonnet up, ive always thought that its a rocker
 

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explain this to "tick" to me....does it become louder with acceleration? is it doing it all the time.. (i noticed you said "occasional" ticking) -so what are the conditions when it does tick?
i highly doubt it has to do with fuel, unless your car has been chipped to run 98 it wouldnt have an adverse affect using 91.
have a listen with the bonnet up at idle and see if you can establish the area the ticking is coming from.
 

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I had a hardcore ticking noise, when accelerating uphill. It sounded as if a chunk of metal had come loose and was hitting hollow metal walls in syncronization with the accleration. Got told it was a timing issue, and told to run premium unleaded. Did so, and it went away, never bothered about finding the source and have run premium ever since. I recently had a similar post up regarding this issue (poor fuel economy (15.5L/100kms), that ticking noise, rough idle(yet fluent, not about to stall) and also not the greatest power lately either) and ecu/memcal and/or injectors. No one could come up with an answer though. If anyone does have a clue about it....plz post up some replies.

Cheers, Boojakz
 

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to many variables, start by doing compression test(wet & dry), oil change, could b sticky lifter either pumped up or not. You need to eliminate the variables to find the real problem otherwise ur just guessing
 

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Hold on ,
just a thought check that all your leads are on the spark plugs fully, any gap between the lead and the plug will result in a ticking noise (as current jumps from lead to plug) had it happen on a mates VT V6 . look at the last plug near firewall on the drivers side always a b@#ch to get on properly, try applying a bit of petrolium jelly (very slight amount) to help the lead slide on the plug easier..
 
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