Help please! Ticking sound coming from passenger bank of engine
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Try turning your ac on. It may be the ac compressor. I have a ticking noise, and when I turn on ac it goes away. I had a local mechanic check it out, without me telling him I think it maybe the ac compressor, he recommended that, the ac compressor is the cause of the noise.
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You went to Crevier? Then you're in the OC? I would suggest talking to member Healthservices, he's a good mechanic and might be able to help you out. Send him a PM.
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Hey guys, hoping you guys could help me out.. I'm getting a ticking sound coming from the passenger bank side of the engine (BMW 550i, 68k miles), and had two independent shops check it out and one said the car was misfiring due to injectors, and the other said the injectors were fine and the car is not misfiring and to not change the injectors. I am getting no CEL light, car drives fine and MPG is fine.. the ticking sound usually comes after the car is completely warmed up, and when in gear and accelerating or revving in neutral. It is engine speed dependent, so the faster the engine revs the more ticking sounds I get..
Let me know if any of you guys have any insight! greatly appreciated..
Let me know if any of you guys have any insight! greatly appreciated..
ull be amazed at how the internal engine sound travel thru the stick..hoefully that will help u pin pont the ticking noise..
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try this little tick i learned in high school auto shop( back in1978 ) get a piece of wood 1/2 inch x 1/2 inch 18 to 24 inch long.. ( wood has an excelent transfer of sound ) round of one end, put that end on ur ear and the other end touch any part of the engine,,
ull be amazed at how the internal engine sound travel thru the stick..hoefully that will help u pin pont the ticking noise..
ull be amazed at how the internal engine sound travel thru the stick..hoefully that will help u pin pont the ticking noise..
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Tried a stethoscope today with a local shop, and sound seems to be coming from the middle of the passenger bank.. so they think its VANOS / valvetrain related. Still get no CEL lights, only hear it when car is completely warm. I've put about 1000 miles on it since i've first noticed it.
Which makes me think.. all the lifter and valve issues from most BMWs are from cold starts and sounds go away when warm.. I wonder if I have an exhaust leak like someone mentioned earlier in this thread.
Thanks for all the contributions so far! Really appreciate it keep the suggestions coming!
Which makes me think.. all the lifter and valve issues from most BMWs are from cold starts and sounds go away when warm.. I wonder if I have an exhaust leak like someone mentioned earlier in this thread.
Thanks for all the contributions so far! Really appreciate it keep the suggestions coming!
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