Tick Tick Tick On Idle

[Scooby_Steve]

Hi,

I've just noticed that my car when i start it up and sit on idle, i can a hear a ticking sound from the engine bay. However, the minute my foot presses the clutch (or even just taps it with a small amount force) the noise goes away. It then returns if my foot comes off the clutch and the car sits running idle.

Any ideas? Should i be worried?

[mad082]

check that your belts are all in good condition. i had a fan belt that was starting to fray and it was hitting on the block. it would only make the noise at idle.

it could also be noisey lifters.

[HR32_GTS-T]

injectors tick loudly sometimes on idle as well.

[race_snooze]

like you said when you put your foot on the clutch... Thrust bearing dont worry about it till it starts to scream

[GTAAAH]

ditto on this problem, cept i only noticed mine doing it after installing a FMIC, can only hear it coming from the right side of the engine bay, when hood is closed and it sounds shoddy, duno wat it is but sounds very crap

[Scooby_Steve]

I thought it might be something to do with clutch or g/box as like i said, foot on clutch = no noise, foot off clutch = tick tick.

thanks guys..

by the way, expensive to fix?

[HR32_GTS-T]

mine does it too, does anyone kno how much it cost o get fixed?

[Munkyb0y]

mine makes this squeaky sort of ticking noise. its a fork near the clutch somewhere. it can be greased through a rubber boot under the gearbox. i'm gonna get mine done when i have my gearbox oil changed this week. shouldnt cost anything really.

although this may be different from the noise u guys are getting.

[Xizor]

mine makings some sort of clicking noise on idle. meh.

[LiQuid IcE]

All 3 of our RB25det's do it, so did our old 180. I'm assuming its normal?? Thought it was just the lifters.

[ShiftyR31]

Yeah lifters could the answer. But as you said it goes away and if a lifter / lifters are shot the sound would increase with the revs. So guess it aint them, as stated earlier next check would be the thrust bearing.

[mad082]

i read it wrong. yeah going to be a bearing in the gearbox. would cost a bit to fix as its a box out job, so you'd be looking at about 3 hours labour minimum (more likely 4 or 5), plus the cost of the bearing.