I recently replaced the water pump in my 1.8t engine. After a lot of turning the engine by hand and not feeling or hearing anything out of the usual I started it up and heard this fast pace ticking noise. I am awere that ther is a ticking sound thats normal but I can hear another sound aswell. The sound may very well be normal and im just extra awere of things out of place becaus I dont want to hear an orchestra of expensive noices.

I would appreciate if anyone could share a video of thier 1.8t idleing as a comparison or even tell me outright if the sound is normal.

I solved this. The sound is normal im just paranoid

Have you still got the black charcoal canister in the left hand side near the headlight. That ticks away like a good’en and is often mistaken for worse noise. Our engines are quite tappity anyway.

On 13/07/2025 at 04:35, Dean said:

Have you still got the black charcoal canister in the left hand side near the headlight. That ticks away like a good’en and is often mistaken for worse noise. Our engines are quite tappity anyway.

I am aware of that, I was just a bit on edge. Thanks anyway