ticking 200tdi

hey, my 200 tdi conversion engine is ticking and dont know where its comining from, it does it when im going along and if i put in neutral while going along and hold accelerator steady you can still hear it!! though what confuses me is if i put it in gear and take foot off accelerator i can still hear it then too. any ideas anyone as it doing my nut in lol its not loud just enuff to annoy

Cam ??

Tappets??

nah its a slight ticking it not tappets as can hear them fine lol and what do i do with them now you mention um?

its a fast ticking

its the crocodile :croc:

i guess no one knows then lol it dont do it just sat stil either?

im getting a bit fed up of that thing following me

got similar on my conversion.....traced it to power steering pump (not in use) blanked it off and filled with oil and its alot better though can still hear it.

mine ticks,rattles,knocks and bangs but it is a land rover so i dont worrie about it too much

you missed out leaks.

Head gasket gone between no.4 cylinder and atmosphere? Try sticking your hand down the back of the engine (between the cylinder head and the bulkhead) and see if you can feel it spitting at you.

-Pos

Could be that the speedo cable is starting to break up and is catching somewhere on the outer cable. I had this happen on a series that I used to have, just pull out the cable and check its condition.