MJH78

Tick tick tick...not insanely loud, but not normal. It's definitely coming from the top of the motor. I dont really know how to diagnose whether or not the ticking is coming from the injectors. I used a stick as a stethoscope and put it around the injector and they do tick - but a ticking noise heard by doing this is normal as I understand it. A few times over the last few weeks I've also had on occassion a strong smell of gas when starting the car - and one time a decent puff of smoke out the exhaust from unburnt gas I'm assuming - again, not normal. So the ticking, the puff of smoke, and the smell of gas at times during start up - what do you make of these things? Car seems to run as it always has, but the ticking is annoying.

cliffyk

Noises are quite difficult to diagnose verbally, can you get a recording of it?