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Car Forum / Volkswagen / Water Cooled Volkswagen Cars / May 200790 Golf ticking, shuttering
90 Golf 8v 1.8 The motor has a ticking problem that I was hoping I could get some advice about. Also, lately the car has been shuddering a bit at idle. It never had a really steady idle, but lately the car seems to be not running as smoothly at idle. Otherwise, the car runs great. Any suggestions? Thanks! fresh oil change? sometimes that ticking could be the hydraulic lifters. If you change the oil it might quiet them down. Also there are some additives (AKA snake oil) that sometimes works well to quiet them down. If your lifters are bad, and your oil pressure is fine, then you could change them all. If the oil pressure is low then maybe your oil pump is not supplying them with enough oil pressure. It could also be spark that is not travelling all the way to the spark plug electrodes which would explain both problems, the ticking and the shuddering. Do a wet test and spray/mist the spark plug wires with water in a dark location and look for sparks. New spark plugs and wires should usually clear that right up. ;-) DON'T touch the wires with the engine running or you will notice a shocking discovery! 8^o  Signaturelater, dave (One out of many daves) > 90 Golf 8v 1.8 > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any suggestions? Thanks! I've definitely changed the oil and tried various snake oils. They usually work for a week or two. The advice about the spark plug wires is great- I've never heard of this and will definitely try it. Thanks! If changing the oil helps quiet it down then you may have noisy lifters due to them being bad or low oil pressure. Signaturelater, dave (One out of many daves) > I've definitely changed the oil and tried various snake oils. They > usually work for a week or two. The advice about the spark plug wires > is great- I've never heard of this and will definitely try it. > Thanks! Yep sounds like you need some new lifters. There is a test to see which ones are bad, but for all the effort of removing the timing belt and cam I would just replace them all (and the timing belt while I was at it). check the oil pressure first b4 changing out the lifters. Very low oil pressure could cause them to tick. I agree............change them all if a few are bad! I will assume that you have fresh oil in the engine and the proper amount! Signaturelater, dave (One out of many daves) > Yep sounds like you need some new lifters. There is a test to see > which ones are bad, but for all the effort of removing the timing belt > and cam I would just replace them all (and the timing belt while I was > at it). |
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