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Offline 1.6mk4GOLF16v

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[PIC] fast clicking noise in the engine
« on: 03 April 2009, 17:15 »
Just noticed this really fast clicking noise from the part in the pic below



What is this part?
Should it be doing this?

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Re: [PIC] fast clicking noise in the engine
« Reply #1 on: 03 April 2009, 18:16 »
hm, i think thats the emissions thingy, i dont think its supposed to do it but every golf i have does it, it wouldnt cause a problem even if it has failed. :undecided:
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Re: [PIC] fast clicking noise in the engine
« Reply #2 on: 06 April 2009, 08:16 »
carbon canister thingy I think, does exactly the same on my girlfriends SEAT Ibiza 1.4, and it runs just fine with no fault codes :)
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Re: [PIC] fast clicking noise in the engine
« Reply #3 on: 06 April 2009, 11:29 »
Quote from: Rmachines on 03 April 2009, 18:16
hm, i think thats the emissions thingy, i dont think its supposed to do it but every golf i have does it, it wouldnt cause a problem even if it has failed. :undecided:

aahh that makes sense as my dashboard is saying emmisions failure, but VAG doesnt give me a fault code for this?  :huh:
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