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    Bearings and Pulleys that click? you must have owned some right dogs lol

    Dude was stuck with an Astra...;)
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    Touche!

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    reversing sensor.

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    A dolphin in the boot?

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    Lol, no.

    This is on nearly all modern cars afaik, but particularly noticeable on cars equipped with the engine of the year.

    Don't make me tap my fingers on the desk waiting for an answer, lol.

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    Start stop, auto shutter?

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    Just the engine itself on the new Ecoboost iirc, taps away like a 1920s tap quartet.

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    Tappets?

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    Butterfly valve?

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    Just the engine itself on the new Ecoboost iirc, taps away like a 1920s tap quartet.

    It does indeed when ticking over. Now if I knew a single thing about engines I might be able to guess what makes that sound :(

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    Egr, manifold valve,

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    Nope, though I guess for the 1L, it should be:

    Clicketty, click, click...

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    Cylinders? Pistons, exhaust valve?

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    Nah, I'm out of ideas lol

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    Okay I'll make it easier, to keep things moving.

    Every diesel engine has this, most modern petrols do too...

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    We valve is all I can think they share that allows movement that could click....

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