FTO AUSTRALIA

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 ??

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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,

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 ?

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