Long story short I changed my cambelt & waterpump on my 2.0 TDI VRS 130k miles as well as oil, oil filter, glow plugs. All genuine parts from TPS. Previous belt was stretched and clearly old. The ticking noise also didn’t really occur before I changed the belt but I feel like maybe all these 2.0 engines sound like it although I looked at another VRS with more mileage and old belt and it also didn’t have a ticking noise.

 

Occurs both cold and warm, I know that the timing is correct and everything is torqued up to spec, engine sounds how it should. Anyone have any suggestions or am I overthinking it?

 

To add: maybe the previous owner added some additive to the oil but the sound is from around the belt area so not sure how it all adds up…

Maybe a loose fixture somewhere. The ticking didn't sound all that regular to me so more like a loose cam cover clip than the belt itself.

 

Maybe a loose tool or something sitting around the engine.

 

I've found a few sockets and spanners in car engine bays before.  Left from previous works.

12 minutes ago, BlueWagon said:

Maybe a loose fixture somewhere. The ticking didn't sound all that regular to me so more like a loose cam cover clip than the belt itself.

 

Maybe a loose tool or something sitting around the engine.

 

I've found a few sockets and spanners in car engine bays before.  Left from previous works.

Could not see absolutely anything when I changed it, don’t know if it’s worth taking the cover off again or not haha