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2006 Fiesta 1.4 clicking noise in engine bay

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My wife’s Fiesta has a fairly loud clicking noise coming from the engine bay. It is not continuous and sounds like a tick tock of a valve or switch opening and closing. Not related to road speed or engine revs

any ideas?

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    any ideas?

    Not a lot to go on.... try to narrow down which area of the engine bay it appears to be coming from 

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    It is difficult to narrow down but I think it is coming from the inlet plenum.

    I will try to record it tomorrow

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    Just been out to record the sounD but failed to find a tool to record it without it being too big. 
    although not all lost as when I started the car it was blasting cold air so I switched air con off. The sound disappeared and came back when I switched it back on 

    so what could be making a clicking sound 

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    Found a thread from 2016 that seems to be my problem see

     

    My engine is making a clicking sound

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