Initial Clicking When I Start The Car

[dutchie]

Initial clicking noise is caused by the wastegate solenoid I think but after I drive away, it stops and I dont notice it for the rest of the day...........(I think)

Is this normal? Does everyone have this with the Edit? Just curious......

[dutchie]

One more thing, I have had my plugs gaped to .9mm as well.........

And I only noticed this........mind you, seems to occur when I first start the car (I think)............

Otherwise, everything is very smooth and nice.....

[Adam]

Yes it's the boost solenoid.

It clicks all the time, if you pull up to a quiet corner and turn your stereo off you'll hear it.

It reminds me of the sound my mum's old XF with buggared lifters used to make.

[dutchie]

Yes it's the boost solenoid.

It clicks all the time, if you pull up to a quiet corner and turn your stereo off you'll hear it.

It reminds me of the sound my mum's old XF with buggared lifters used to make.

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Thanks Adam,

So this is normal then I assume........?? Sound like an old wrist watch ticking.......

[Blown BA]

Yes it's the boost solenoid.

It clicks all the time, if you pull up to a quiet corner and turn your stereo off you'll hear it.

It reminds me of the sound my mum's old XF with buggared lifters used to make.

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Thanks Adam,

So this is normal then I assume........?? Sound like an old wrist watch ticking.......

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Yes Marcel it's normal don't stress about it

[dutchie]

Yes it's the boost solenoid.

It clicks all the time, if you pull up to a quiet corner and turn your stereo off you'll hear it.

It reminds me of the sound my mum's old XF with buggared lifters used to make.

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Thanks Adam,

So this is normal then I assume........?? Sound like an old wrist watch ticking.......

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Yes Marcel it's normal don't stress about it

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Thanks Big Fella..........starting to feel paranoid at the moment and listening to every little bitty bit of noice........

Need a drink........parents coming in a minute and taking the car for a spin against my dad new Audi turbo A6.........who will faster I wonder??

[Romulus]

No it's not normal. Does the solenoid do it with the factory calibration? It shouldn't do. It's more like a programming glitch.

Boost should be controlled with the correct tables; altering the wrong tables causes strange issues - such as solenoid click.

You wouldnt accept erratic idle or poor fuel economy after an edit, neither should you accept this.

[bugster70]

Dutchie, is your Edit quite new? I've heard that CAPA have now got updated and improved maps for their flash tuners, and I think the latest ones may have that boost solenoid click. The earlier tunes were pretty ordinary and the 10psi map resulted in surging for lots of people. The newer tunes are supposed to be far superior.

I've heard of one forum member that had surging problems with the older 10psi map, so he took it to a (very reputable) tuner for a custom tune and it was modified to stop the surging and resulted in this solenoid click too. So I think it's normal for the newer tunes and nothing to worry about.

[jordak]

No it's not normal. Does the solenoid do it with the factory calibration? It shouldn't do. It's more like a programming glitch.

Boost should be controlled with the correct tables; altering the wrong tables causes strange issues - such as solenoid click.

You wouldnt accept erratic idle or poor fuel economy after an edit, neither should you accept this.

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Are you able to provide more info re "wrong" tables.

It will help myself and I'm sure others when it comes to speaking with our tuners re getting rid of the problem?

[Adam]

My custom tune still results in the solenoid clicking.