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[gavs]

First off mate, these cars don't have a distributor, they have coil packs so forget that.

If the ticking is every ~0.3 secs at idle, that's your injectors.

Same as anything, if you suspect there is something wrong with your car and especially if it's under warranty, your first stop should be the dealership.

[William_Foster]

First off mate, these cars don't have a distributor, they have coil packs so forget that.

If the ticking is every ~0.3 secs at idle, that's your injectors.

Same as anything, if you suspect there is something wrong with your car and especially if it's under warranty, your first stop should be the dealership.

Thanks for the feedback Gavs; when you say ~0.3 seconds; do you mean once every three seconds or once every third of a second, i.e. three times a second?

By the way, I will be taking it in to speak to the dealer; it still has a long warranty period.

[gavs]

Sorry, I meant once every 0.3 of a second, so 3 times a second.

Yours being a diesel too, not sure how much you know about compression ignition engines but there are no sprk plugs, coilpacks or distributers. If you have ticking, more than likely the high pressure common-rail injectors are what is making the noise. Get it checked though.

[alexaescht]

If you have ticking, more than likely the high pressure common-rail injectors are what is making the noise. Get it checked though.

I've noticed my TDI ticking and sounding like it's going to cut out just before the DPF light comes on (maybe a day before). We do many, many short trips (which are unavoidable) and my sister... she needs to really learn how to drive a manual, properly. Anyway, so our DPF seems to get clogged often. After giving it a quick blast down the freeway in 4th (with the manual, not sure about DSG) the light goes off, and when it gets home it idles normally and is about 300% quieter.