Clicking noise from dash

mackin · Post by **mackin** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:02 am

Hi, I have a '94 GR [non mivec] 2.0 V6, 4 spd tip.
Each time I start engine there is this repeatative clicking noise coming from behind centre of dash, it lasts about a minute.
I have tried to diagnose [turned access off, aerial is in back screen], ANY IDEAS ??

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:13 am

Can you describe the clicking a bit more? Is it fast or slow? Does it sound like a purr?

Have you tried getting out of the car with the bonnet open when you start it? Need to know where that noise is coming from.

mackin · Post by **mackin** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:58 pm

Hi Nacho, the noise is like a relay or ratchet, repeating about 80 / minute for approx 1 minute after start up.
Its coming from inside the cabin, behind the dash.
Thanks.

Post by **vipfto** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:40 am

could be tappets mate, is noise from cold start uo? sure its not from engine?

Post by **Supplanter** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:26 am

It sounds like the motor that switches between fresh and recirculated air is getting stuck, there might be a leaf or a bit of paper stuck in it. Try swapping between the two settings for a while and that might dislodge it.

mackin · Post by **mackin** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:19 pm

Hi mate.
You were right.
I turned on fan & switched from fresh to recycled air repeatedly.
Problem solved, Thanks.

nathan · Post by **nathan** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:41 pm

ive got the EXACT same problem but mine wont go away at all, owned the fto for about 5 months and its been doin it the whole time, mine is the passenger vent thou,

Gholdwayne · Post by **Gholdwayne** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:57 pm

mine has a noise as well, its hard to tell where its from , it sounds like a rapid fire clicking noise, its when im accelerating, it sounds like a plastic card wedged in a bicycle wheel hitting the stokes, but for me it makes that sound when i accelerate, when im looking straight on the road i can hear it to the left but when i accelerate and look to the left window, i can hear it to the right, so im guessing it could be in the dash or underneath the car itself, definitely not the back seatbelts rattling or coins, checkd a lot of things in the interior and nothing i could find, its not loud, but i noticed it when the music had a quiet passage coinciding with me accelerating. might be mechanical. maybe ? maybe not ? does anyone at all know about this ?

nathan · Post by **nathan** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:11 pm

Gholdwayne wrote:mine has a noise as well, its hard to tell where its from , it sounds like a rapid fire clicking noise, its when im accelerating, it sounds like a plastic card wedged in a bicycle wheel hitting the stokes, but for me it makes that sound when i accelerate, when im looking straight on the road i can hear it to the left but when i accelerate and look to the left window, i can hear it to the right, so im guessing it could be in the dash or underneath the car itself, definitely not the back seatbelts rattling or coins, checkd a lot of things in the interior and nothing i could find, its not loud, but i noticed it when the music had a quiet passage coinciding with me accelerating. might be mechanical. maybe ? maybe not ? does anyone at all know about this ?

sounds worrying, is it a stable noise like does it happen EVERY time you accelerate? like i mean regular or watever lol cant think of the word for it

FTO AUSTRALIA

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