Anybody know what this sound is? It sounds a lot louder in the video than it does in person and I can't hear it from inside the car, but I always notice it when the car is warmed up and I get out to open my garage after a drive. Could it be a loose spark plug? Recently had water pump, AOS, IMS, RMS, motor mounts done so hopefully not any issues there... Or maybe it's not actually an issue and I'm just being a paranoid idiot? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06dvrnn4C30&feature=youtu.be
Discussion summary
YOUR RESEARCHSqueak from engine bay (loose spark plug?)
1 matching discussions were examined; no attributable action/outcome evidence was detected. No consensus or repair conclusion is claimed.
Source reports, not a diagnosis or a success probability. Counts refer to discussions and can overlap.
Read captured repliesInsufficient extracted evidence does not mean there is no answer in the original discussions.
1 matching discussions · 7 captured posts examined · 0 partial discussions
Coverage and how to read this overview
Counts describe captured discussions, not unique people or a diagnosis. Author identities are not reliably stored. Exact duplicate evidence is counted once across matching discussions; one discussion counts at most once per action/state. Multiple repairs reported together remain a combination. Suggestions and failed attempts do not establish a fix. Matches cover whole discussions and can include related faults, model variants and incomplete threads.
7 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.
- Rennlist: 1 discussions
0 evidence records excluded for query context · 1 excluded by outcome qualification · 0 adjusted by outcome qualification.
0 acknowledgements have no verified action link; they do not establish a repair result.
Generation: 20261027T150039Z · outcome-qualification-6. Deterministic extraction; no AI model inference. How we use sources
Tack off the serpentine belt and run it for a few seconds, 30 or less, to rule out idlers, water pump, alternator etc.
Check out the evap recirc valve...that's what it sounds like to me. Sounds like it is clicking. It is right next to the throttle body.
Definitely could be the valve. Thank you! Is there an easy way to rule this out before I spend $215 on the part? It does seem like the tapping is loudest in the video when my phone is aimed directly at the valve...
Quotes source post: 15388973
unplug it then start the car. That will set a check engine light but it will confirm it is or isnt the problem.
^^ What he said.
Clicking/ticking is normal operation for that valve. Yours may be wearing and getting loud? Along with other emissions operations that valve let’s recovered fuel vapor back into the intake when the engine is warm.
This is a source reference. Confirm exact model applicability in the original material.
