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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: 92BMW318is on January 20, 2013, 02:44:40 PM
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you know those musical triangles that make a dinging noise, it kinda sounds like that. you could say its ticking like a clock but at a irregular rate of speed it doesnt keep a steady pace like a metronome.
here is a image showing where it is loudest.
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/mk9cmo.jpg)
(I pulled this image off the internet because it is cold out side to take a pic.)
What could it be timing chain tensioner? any IDeas?