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      05-07-2020, 03:39 PM   #3
abkonsta
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Originally Posted by Smgs1992 View Post
Well you need a walnut blast but a tick is normal for a direct injection engine assuming that is the ticking noise you're referring to.
Maybe "tick" is too mild a word. Its the kind I can hear in the house when the car is idling outside, or the kind reflecting from the walls of buildings when I drive close to them.

It is also the kind that occasionally triggers the knock sensors like this guy here described:

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1520525
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