tickey lifter?

[Gizmoman]

The engine is a 1.9 AAZ turbo in an 82 VW Westfalia. I was driving back home from a 1200 mile vacation in the Sierras and running intermittently into the 4000 RPM range. When we pulled off to get some lunch, I noticed a ticking noise.

I have no idea what it is and can only hope it's nothing serious. The ticking goes away when I let it idle downhill with no pedal. As soon as I put pedal to it, it shows up.
It runs fine otherwise, starts right up seems to have the same power.

Bad injector?, Stuck lifter - or something else.

Any thoughts appreciated.

JW

[R.O.R-2.0]

injector if it goes away when you let off the throttle..

if its a lifter, it will tick regardless of throttle position..

[8v-of-fury]

injector if it goes away when you let off the throttle..

if its a lifter, it will tick regardless of throttle position..

I agree. take your fuel lines off and run them in to a bottle of straight auto trans fluid.

[Gizmoman]

Thanks for the pointers
Will the AT fluid clean it?

If I discover which injector it is, can I simply buy a new one?

[wdkingery]

yes i too have a tickey injector, that can get to a downright loud tick.
i have yet to do the ATF trick (was kinda waitin on mtrans to respond on that) but i think it will have some affect.

you should replace it.
i don't want to replace mine, as it's kinda hero'd in there

[Gizmoman]

Yeah - this is quite loud as well. Any leads on where to get one?
Should I replace them all?

[8v-of-fury]

Lookup Giles at Performance Diesel Markham, Ontario, Canada.

[burn_your_money]

Do them all at the same time unless the others were very recently replaced.