1992 Audi 80 2.0E - ticking when warm
01-11-2005 | 09:29 AM
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1992 Audi 80 2.0E - ticking when warm
My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
ideas?
I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
- do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
diagnoses?
Thanks,
S.
(Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
if you answer by e-mail.)
injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
ideas?
I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
- do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
diagnoses?
Thanks,
S.
(Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
if you answer by e-mail.)
01-11-2005 | 11:35 AM
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Re: 1992 Audi 80 2.0E - ticking when warm
Guess... Cracked exhaust manifold or loose / broken studs for it.
Seppo Sipilä wrote:
> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
Seppo Sipilä wrote:
> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
01-11-2005 | 11:35 AM
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Re: 1992 Audi 80 2.0E - ticking when warm
Guess... Cracked exhaust manifold or loose / broken studs for it.
Seppo Sipilä wrote:
> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
Seppo Sipilä wrote:
> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
01-11-2005 | 11:35 AM
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Re: 1992 Audi 80 2.0E - ticking when warm
Guess... Cracked exhaust manifold or loose / broken studs for it.
Seppo Sipilä wrote:
> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
Seppo Sipilä wrote:
> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
01-11-2005 | 02:08 PM
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Re: 1992 Audi 80 2.0E - ticking when warm
"Seppo Sipilä" <ssipila@SPAMVEKS.mbnet.fi> wrote in message
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> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
Yes, automatic valve clearance. You'll only hear them when cold and for
seconds only.
No idea about your problem though.
Ronald
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> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
Yes, automatic valve clearance. You'll only hear them when cold and for
seconds only.
No idea about your problem though.
Ronald
01-11-2005 | 02:08 PM
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Re: 1992 Audi 80 2.0E - ticking when warm
"Seppo Sipilä" <ssipila@SPAMVEKS.mbnet.fi> wrote in message
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> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
Yes, automatic valve clearance. You'll only hear them when cold and for
seconds only.
No idea about your problem though.
Ronald
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> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
Yes, automatic valve clearance. You'll only hear them when cold and for
seconds only.
No idea about your problem though.
Ronald
01-11-2005 | 02:08 PM
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Re: 1992 Audi 80 2.0E - ticking when warm
"Seppo Sipilä" <ssipila@SPAMVEKS.mbnet.fi> wrote in message
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> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
Yes, automatic valve clearance. You'll only hear them when cold and for
seconds only.
No idea about your problem though.
Ronald
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> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
> ideas?
>
> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
> diagnoses?
>
> Thanks,
> S.
>
> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
> if you answer by e-mail.)
>
Yes, automatic valve clearance. You'll only hear them when cold and for
seconds only.
No idea about your problem though.
Ronald
01-11-2005 | 02:27 PM
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Re: 1992 Audi 80 2.0E - ticking when warm
Tony wrote:
> Guess... Cracked exhaust manifold or loose / broken studs for it.
>
> Seppo Sipilä wrote:
>
>> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
>> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
>> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
>> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
>> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
>> ideas?
>>
>> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
>> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
>> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
>> diagnoses?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> S.
>>
>> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
>> if you answer by e-mail.)
>>
That is a possibility, but it could also be a lazy hydraulic tappet (ie
the bit that does the auto valve clearance adjustment. The two sound
quite similar: A friend once had a Mk3 Escort, with hydraulic tappets,
and spent a lot of time with engine flush and the like trying to cure
the tapping. He was on the verge of changing them, but asked a mechanic
to look first. He found several loose manifold nuts.
If it is the tappets, it's not too bad a job. You have to remove the
camshaft, but then the bucket tappets just lift out.
> Guess... Cracked exhaust manifold or loose / broken studs for it.
>
> Seppo Sipilä wrote:
>
>> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
>> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
>> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
>> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
>> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
>> ideas?
>>
>> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
>> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
>> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
>> diagnoses?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> S.
>>
>> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
>> if you answer by e-mail.)
>>
That is a possibility, but it could also be a lazy hydraulic tappet (ie
the bit that does the auto valve clearance adjustment. The two sound
quite similar: A friend once had a Mk3 Escort, with hydraulic tappets,
and spent a lot of time with engine flush and the like trying to cure
the tapping. He was on the verge of changing them, but asked a mechanic
to look first. He found several loose manifold nuts.
If it is the tappets, it's not too bad a job. You have to remove the
camshaft, but then the bucket tappets just lift out.
01-11-2005 | 02:27 PM
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Re: 1992 Audi 80 2.0E - ticking when warm
Tony wrote:
> Guess... Cracked exhaust manifold or loose / broken studs for it.
>
> Seppo Sipilä wrote:
>
>> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
>> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
>> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
>> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
>> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
>> ideas?
>>
>> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
>> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
>> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
>> diagnoses?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> S.
>>
>> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
>> if you answer by e-mail.)
>>
That is a possibility, but it could also be a lazy hydraulic tappet (ie
the bit that does the auto valve clearance adjustment. The two sound
quite similar: A friend once had a Mk3 Escort, with hydraulic tappets,
and spent a lot of time with engine flush and the like trying to cure
the tapping. He was on the verge of changing them, but asked a mechanic
to look first. He found several loose manifold nuts.
If it is the tappets, it's not too bad a job. You have to remove the
camshaft, but then the bucket tappets just lift out.
> Guess... Cracked exhaust manifold or loose / broken studs for it.
>
> Seppo Sipilä wrote:
>
>> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
>> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
>> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
>> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
>> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
>> ideas?
>>
>> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
>> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
>> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
>> diagnoses?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> S.
>>
>> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
>> if you answer by e-mail.)
>>
That is a possibility, but it could also be a lazy hydraulic tappet (ie
the bit that does the auto valve clearance adjustment. The two sound
quite similar: A friend once had a Mk3 Escort, with hydraulic tappets,
and spent a lot of time with engine flush and the like trying to cure
the tapping. He was on the verge of changing them, but asked a mechanic
to look first. He found several loose manifold nuts.
If it is the tappets, it's not too bad a job. You have to remove the
camshaft, but then the bucket tappets just lift out.
01-11-2005 | 02:27 PM
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Re: 1992 Audi 80 2.0E - ticking when warm
Tony wrote:
> Guess... Cracked exhaust manifold or loose / broken studs for it.
>
> Seppo Sipilä wrote:
>
>> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
>> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
>> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
>> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
>> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
>> ideas?
>>
>> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
>> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
>> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
>> diagnoses?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> S.
>>
>> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
>> if you answer by e-mail.)
>>
That is a possibility, but it could also be a lazy hydraulic tappet (ie
the bit that does the auto valve clearance adjustment. The two sound
quite similar: A friend once had a Mk3 Escort, with hydraulic tappets,
and spent a lot of time with engine flush and the like trying to cure
the tapping. He was on the verge of changing them, but asked a mechanic
to look first. He found several loose manifold nuts.
If it is the tappets, it's not too bad a job. You have to remove the
camshaft, but then the bucket tappets just lift out.
> Guess... Cracked exhaust manifold or loose / broken studs for it.
>
> Seppo Sipilä wrote:
>
>> My Mrs has a 1992 Audi 80 2.0E (115hp if memory serves, with fuel
>> injection). At cold start it runs fine and smooth. When at normal warm
>> temperature, it sounds a bit rougher and there's a persistent ticking
>> sound that changes tempo with rpm. The engine runs evenly and
>> power/torque feel fine, and fuel octane is as instructed too. Any
>> ideas?
>>
>> I drive a 1970 Volvo 130 with a Stromberg carb myself, so I'm not
>> familiar with the details of these early 1990's injected Audi engines
>> - do they have automatic valve clearance adjustment? Any other
>> diagnoses?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> S.
>>
>> (Please remove the anti-spam part in capital letters from my address
>> if you answer by e-mail.)
>>
That is a possibility, but it could also be a lazy hydraulic tappet (ie
the bit that does the auto valve clearance adjustment. The two sound
quite similar: A friend once had a Mk3 Escort, with hydraulic tappets,
and spent a lot of time with engine flush and the like trying to cure
the tapping. He was on the verge of changing them, but asked a mechanic
to look first. He found several loose manifold nuts.
If it is the tappets, it's not too bad a job. You have to remove the
camshaft, but then the bucket tappets just lift out.
