Hi guys,
My girlfriends Polo has been making a tapping/ticking noise for a while now. It's much louder on cold startup and settles down after about a minute or so. It drives and runs fine, no misfiring or roughness. Nor is there any excess oil/fuel usage. After searching around I've found many different opinions (from piston slap through to a characteristic of the engine), but nothing really conclusive. It's going for a cambelt change next week, so thought we'd get it looked at at the same time, however, wouldn't mind knowing if anyone has had anything similar?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
https://youtu.be/o4Ocp-mBIXw - From cold
https://youtu.be/MusFz0YJE88 - After a quick drive up the road
Thanks
Polo 6R 1.4 16V DSG 2012 Engine Tapping/Ticking Noise
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Re: Polo 6R 1.4 16V DSG 2012 Engine Tapping/Ticking Noise
I'd say that that is normal for these engines.
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Re: Polo 6R 1.4 16V DSG 2012 Engine Tapping/Ticking Noise
Sounds pretty normal to me. These engines are quite loud due to having a high pressure fuel rail, and itll normally settle down once the oil has warmed a little and the engine is getting up to temperature.
Re: Polo 6R 1.4 16V DSG 2012 Engine Tapping/Ticking Noise
Thanks for the explanation. It was just the ticking that concerned me, but like you say it does settle down once the car has warmed.alexperkins wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:30 am Sounds pretty normal to me. These engines are quite loud due to having a high pressure fuel rail, and itll normally settle down once the oil has warmed a little and the engine is getting up to temperature.
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Re: Polo 6R 1.4 16V DSG 2012 Engine Tapping/Ticking Noise
Well, the earlier 9N Polos at least had a large filter/engine cover to stifle a bit of that noise - which was handy, these engine are reliable and tough though, just noisy and a bit greedy on fuel - when compared with the latest/later 1.0 and 1.2TSI engines, which also have many noises!
Re: Polo 6R 1.4 16V DSG 2012 Engine Tapping/Ticking Noise
That would be why it didn't sound usual to me! I have a relatively new 6C GTI and owned a 9N3 a few years ago so skipped this generation. Thanks for your help!!RUM4MO wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:59 pm Well, the earlier 9N Polos at least had a large filter/engine cover to stifle a bit of that noise - which was handy, these engine are reliable and tough though, just noisy and a bit greedy on fuel - when compared with the latest/later 1.0 and 1.2TSI engines, which also have many noises!