Ticking sound after engine is off?

[Hazza]

Just experienced this just now. Engine stalled, and i could hear a ticking sound coming from the left hand side of the engine.

Took the key out and it was still ticking...

So started the engine up, and started keeping the car at 20k revs and the ticking went away.

Wht could this be?

 

[gtruk]

not sure on the engine stall, but ticking from the engine bay is quite normal. It can be anything from metal contracting when hot-cold-hot or simply relays/pulsiods opening closing.

 

[Hazza]

So the ticking is nothing to worry about?

 

[AlexG]

20,000 revs lol, but its just the parts cooling down i think normally happens on exhausts too

 

[caister]

If it a quiet tick tick tick tick etc then its probably the exhaust cooling down or as said relays etc opening closing if it quite a loud tick I would try to see where its coming from just to be sure.

 

[Hazza]

It seems to be coming from the cambelt side, but something above the cambelt?

 

[Stig182]

It seems to be coming from the cambelt side, but something above the cambelt?

hmmm not good.

 

[Hazza]

Its going into the garage this friday tho

 

[Stig182]

Its going into the garage this friday tho

youve probs seen my posts of my 182 ticking... its guna have to get fully stripped down, head off, job lot to find out what it is... gutted.

the guy is only charging me £40 for the fault finding privelage though!

 

[MrMark]

could be a bomb.... RUN!

 

[Beef-Mc]

Dephaser perhaps?

 

[Has]

Its the carbon canister just behind the headlamp.

When i had issues with my 1.2, it would stall/not run properly and when it cut out the carbon canister would be going mental ticking.

Stick your head by the drivers side headlamp, you will hear it clearly.


Sounds like you have electrical/wiring running issues?
(My wiring lom at back of engine had been cut away, re-fitted new one and HAD to be reset on a Renault Clip, was then perfect)