Hi All,

Anyone encountered this with their Felicia?

At 45-50 MPH a loud rapid ticking tapping sort of noise can be heard from the drivers side of the engine bay from inside the car.

I have already adjusted the valve clearances but the noise is still there.

Up to 45 MPH the noise is there but very soft and difficult to hear and above 50 MPH it also seems to diminish, could it be an alternator noise?

This might sound silly but its not a nail in the tyre is it?

Sounds like the speedo cable to me mate. Piece of cake to change

This might sound silly but its not a nail in the tyre is it?

No the noise was there when I drove the car home on the day I bought it and I have had brand new wheels and tyres fitted since then.

(Good thinking though, its usually something daft that causes the biggest headaches!)

Sounds like the speedo cable to me mate. Piece of cake to change

Cheers! I never gave the speedo cable a thought!

I'll have a look at it this weekend when I can get the car under cover to work on it and let you know the outcome.

Hi I have just bought a 1998 1.3 glx felicia with the same ticking sound? did you manage to fix the problem , I was wondering if it was the speedo cable?

Thanks

I know this isn't going to be the answer for all of you but we had an odd ticking on the 1.3 Felicia started a couple of months back. Couldn't see anything with the engine running but as soon as it was stopped there it was - a thread of rubber and fibre shedding off the edge of the fanbelt. Could have been painful as it was whipping round so fast you couldn't see it. It was striking the mount below it every time it went round. Replaced the fanbelt and all quiet again, or as quiet as the 1.3 gets anyway.

Hi Guys,

Haven't had a chance to sort out the ticking noise yet as I have been busy fitting bodykit parts over the last few weeks. I doubt if it is actually the speedo cable as the noise seems to emanate from the Alternator/Pulley/Belt area so it may well be that the belt is faulty. Not having the space to work on the car at home I have to take it in to my firms loading bay early on a Sat morning before work to get anything done on it but I'm getting there slowly.

Thanks for your input and I hope we find the mutual Ticking bug!!

timing chain is a classic tick for the 1.3 engines thats beside the alternator belt. horrible job to do, but is possible without removing the engine. Timing chain rattle is VERY common on these engines, and they rattle on and on and on and on forever without being fixed. Mines been rattling since I got it 20,000 miles ago. Ive no intention of changeing it any time soon.

Is it an earlier Felicia? My old 1994 Favorit 1.3 did this, between 35 and 50.

Initially, I had the timing chain changed, as has already been mentioned, and whilst that made the engine quieter it still made a clattering sound at speed. Dealer suggested it was pinking and to try feeding it super unleaded, which I did - problem solved

The timing chain rattling issue is also very common in the 1.4MPI 8v 50kw found on the Fabia. Actualy beeing the same engine as the 1.3 Felicia, it inherited the same issues.

Strange thing, for the Euro4 version of this engine in the Fabia, the 44kw one, they modified the camshaft and the rattling does not apear so soon.

I had my chain changed 8000km ago at just 42.000km because it sounded horrible. If you want to listen to it, just save the following link as a .wav file.

For fast readers a warning: THIS IS NOT JPG!!! it's WAV

http://img13.exs.cx/img13/5892/onobeka139kkm3jy.jpg

I've tryied almost anything, different oils, but there is no cure to it but the chage. The chain set is very cheap put the procedure is a pain. I think that the producer had this rattling in mind, they've set a very strong chain (double) with no tensioner on it, so It would rattle but it will not fail.

Now I use full synth 0w40 and the chain is starting it's rattling period as we speak.

PS: here's the beast: