What Makes A Beetle Tick

1,058 posts · joined Mar 2009 · 21 Feb 2010, 1:30 pm

#763583

What makes a beetle engine tick constantly. It sounds like the fan belt but its not. I think i read somehwere that its the tappets but im not certain.

And why does my engine make a cool whine noise. I wanna know what it is to see if i can make it louder. It gets louder with revs but cant seem to hear where its comin from.

Its a 1600 with a solex 30 pict-2 with the stock air cleaner.

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 21 Feb 2010, 1:53 pm

#763590

I think this is the tick season, isn't it?

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 21 Feb 2010, 2:01 pm

#763591

the whine is the fan in your housing.
as for the ticking more details.
is it only when the car is moving and if so does it change with speed?
or is it only when the car is stationary?

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dogo Seriously Crusin Dubber

128 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 21 Feb 2010, 2:19 pm

#763592

There sounds like something is caught in the fan. With the engine stationary, reach to the back of the fanhousing and check that nothing has been sucked into the fan.

71-BEETLE-SEDAN AKA Josh

1,058 posts · joined Mar 2009 · 21 Feb 2010, 2:19 pm

#763593

Like the ticking is the actuall engine like it makes it all the time, its always done it and i just though its what a beetle motor does. Ill get a video up tonight

And can i make this whine louder?

eraser Fahrvergnugen

970 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 21 Feb 2010, 6:39 pm

#763615

a whine for no reason isnt good. may be worth taking the fan belt off (when cold) and running the motor for 2-3 minutes and see if the noise is still there. Dont run for too long without the fan.

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 21 Feb 2010, 7:00 pm

#763623

ticking is probably just 35+ year old valve train noise
if its really bad next time u adjust the valves check for slop in the rocker arms

71-BEETLE-SEDAN AKA Josh

1,058 posts · joined Mar 2009 · 21 Feb 2010, 7:19 pm

#763631

yeah thats what i was thinking joel, just wasnt sure if thats what it was.

The whine isnt a bad whine, its like an induction whine if you get what i mean but yeah it doesnt matter i just want the ticking to go away so i can hear my exhaust and only my exhaust at idle.

Newt Wolfsburg Wizard

478 posts · joined Mar 2008 · 22 Feb 2010, 1:04 am

#763705

Broken ring?

Newt

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71-BEETLE-SEDAN AKA Josh

1,058 posts · joined Mar 2009 · 22 Feb 2010, 7:56 pm

#763854

Here is a quick vid and it should have the ticking but not the whine cause cant really hear it from beind the engine.

It may be a bad ring because it does tend to blow some smoke whenever its starting.

Here is the video
http://www.youtube.com/user/Stock71vw

eraser Fahrvergnugen

970 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 22 Feb 2010, 9:22 pm

#763874

sounds good to me :P