Ticking 80 Quattro

[Per Lindgren]

I remember my brother's 87 Passat with carb'ed 1.8 used to do that. On
his car, it was an electromagnetic warmup valve or idle stabilizer that
caused the noise. His lifters were ok, all 8.

PerL
87 Cq (with a bit of lifter ticking)

Chander Balakrishnan wrote:

>I have the same symptoms with my 87 5ktq sedan.  Had all the lifters
>replaced just 6k miles ago.  The ticking goes away after the engine is all
>warmed up.  Whatever the reason might be, is it bad for the car ?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
>Behalf Of pshenm at rpi.edu
>Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 7:57 PM
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Ticking 80 Quattro
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>My brother's '88 80 Quattro is making a ticking noise (metal onto metal
>clank) when it is cold.  The ticking speed varies with RPMs.  Originally
>thought it was lifters and replaced all of them, still same noise.  Doesn't
>do it once the engine has been warmed up though, only after it has been
>sitting for an hour or more.
>Any ideas?
>TIA
>Mike Pshenishny
>'87 5ktq
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