Vacuum pump or lifters?????

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <970518192426_2085948068@emout02.mail.aol.com> Schmidt242@aol.com writes:
> Is there any way to know for sure that the "ticking" noise that I and many
> other owners are experincing i s the vacuum pump or the lifters since the
> characteristics are  the same. 

Pull the pump, take out the rod, replace the pump and see what's happened to 
the noise. It's the quickest way.

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 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club