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QUOTE (Cojomo2 @ Apr 13 2011, 10:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>He said he's heard plenty of noisy gtis , said he did a load of tests on the engine and that's everything is good...basically said he could strip down the engine and search for the source of the noise but said I'd be mad to do that..said it's just a characteristic of the gti..and to leave it be...
Ya that's pretty sensible advice. It's definitely not uncommon. Good luck with it.

 

[kevinm]

Came across a thread on this on a UK site. It looks like the cam chain and tensioner are at fault. Its more common on early AXX engines. A bit of reading here:

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.ph...pic,7752.0.html

 

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QUOTE (kevinm @ May 15 2011, 08:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Came across a thread on this on a UK site. It looks like the cam chain and tensioner are at fault. Its more common on early AXX engines. A bit of reading here:

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.ph...pic,7752.0.html

Had a research of this myself. Seems to be pretty common on the AXX but happens on BWAs too. It seems to be a pretty harmless thing. I havn't seen one report of anything going wrong just a bit of an annoying noise. Probably not worth spending €1000 to put it right.

 

[StevenL]

If it was mine id get Geo to do a oil pressure test at idle to be sure.... but thats just me

 

[Geo]

I priced the job for the OP and it and it comes to around €850-900. I have heard reports of chains breaking on these engines but have never seen it myself.

I can't do an oil pressure test on a Mk5 GTI without a lot of work due to the location of the oil pressure sender and the type of oil pressure tester I have, this may be something I have to sort out as the problem is quite a common one.

 

[Cojomo2]

Just a slight update for anyone else having this problem..

A guy over on the golfgti.co.uk forum has just has the noise on his sorted. It was the same noise as mine but seemed to be worse as his was at idle, and all the way up to 20kph til it disappeared ..but it also only appeared when the engine warmed up ..no noise when cold.

He brought the car to a vw dealer and they changed the chain and tensioner only, made no difference...they then opened the engine back up and replaced the 'camshaft adjuster' (think this is the same part as the chain adjuster/variator,cost about the same- not sure though)..after doing this, the noise vanished.

This is how his gti sounded..mines the same..obviously sounds a lot more subtle than this from inside the cabin...but still very noticeable tapping/knocking sound
Link to video clip of engine noise

Link to the thread:

Link

 

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QUOTE (Cojomo2 @ May 19 2011, 07:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Just a slight update for anyone else having this problem..

A guy over on the golfgti.co.uk forum has just has the noise on his sorted. It was the same noise as mine but seemed to be worse as his was at idle, and all the way up to 20kph til it disappeared ..but it also only appeared when the engine warmed up ..no noise when cold.

He brought the car to a vw dealer and they changed the chain and tensioner only, made no difference...they then opened the engine back up and replaced the 'camshaft adjuster' (think this is the same part as the chain adjuster/variator,cost about the same- not sure though)..after doing this, the noise vanished.

This is how his gti sounded..mines the same..obviously sounds a lot more subtle than this from inside the cabin...but still very noticeable tapping/knocking sound
Link to video clip of engine noise

Link to the thread:

Link

Are you going to get it done?

 

[Jogger]

Mine has no noise.....