Tapping or what?

[Malz0r]

okay when i go up hill or the car is under load (normally just up hills) i get this faint tapping noise infront of me, but when you ease the accelorator it goes untill i put more power down? i searched the site found it may be tappets or is it something else? can i drive it okay for the moment? its not very loud but it does annoys the hell out of me, been doing it for abit a week so will it be okay for the moment? i hear valvers tap abit anyway? true or not?

anything helpfull would be great! Thank you!

[Judderi]

It could be the timing chain. Over the years they get loose and make a noise.

[Len]

Could be tappets/timing chain or possibly big ends!

[Stu.750]

sounds most probably tappets , does the tapping get faster if you continues to accelerate ,

 big ends are more of a rattle than a tap id have said 

[Judderi]

My timing chain only rattled when under load. Bearings will do the same usually. Tappets seem to tapp all the time when dodgy.

[Malz0r]

it stops tapping after you ge over 4k revs an it drives like normal a,d idle just fine only when pulling up hills?

[Stu.750]

They are hydraulic tappets arnt they  ?

 if so it could be somethin to do with your oil level or oil pump , bottom end bearing rattle wouldnt stop over a certain revs

[Malz0r]

oil was done less that 500 miles ago, so looks like tappets they dont do it much but will have some take a look to be sure thanks for your help!

[vwagain]

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=47651.0 

Stu