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| posted on February 21st, 2010 at 01:30 PM |
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What Makes A Beetle Tick
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.
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| posted on February 21st, 2010 at 01:53 PM |
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I think this is the tick season, isn't it?
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| posted on February 21st, 2010 at 02:01 PM |
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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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| posted on February 21st, 2010 at 02:19 PM |
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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.
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| posted on February 21st, 2010 at 02:19 PM |
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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?
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| posted on February 21st, 2010 at 06:39 PM |
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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.
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| posted on February 21st, 2010 at 07:00 PM |
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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
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| posted on February 21st, 2010 at 07:19 PM |
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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.
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| posted on February 22nd, 2010 at 01:04 AM |
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Broken ring?
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| posted on February 22nd, 2010 at 07:56 PM |
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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
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| posted on February 22nd, 2010 at 09:22 PM |
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sounds good to me :P
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