yea i found that one too, no however, i just wanted to know if you have a digital photo like when you lift up the hood. But it is located on the right side of the car. You know what i mean..i know i am not doing a good job explaining it.

Ok so let me do a walkthrough, it might help:

1. You open the hood of the car and lift it up.
2. Pretend you are standing right in the middle of the 2 headlight, right infront of the grill
3. Now pretend your looking to YOUR LEFT (or the cars RIGHT )
4. Look to where the battery is located.
5. Look south of it just a bit and towards your left (right of the car)
6. There is plastic cover
7. Lift it off and under it a small square block (looks a two connectors comming togther with like metal clips that hold headlight bulbs together)

Thats that thing that makes noise...if you have a pic of that area jestnomen that would be great.

Thanks guys and sorry for the inconvience...but you guys would know what that is better than I would....Hope my description helps

 

dude - see my post above yours

 

just saw it Brrman...yup thats what i am talking about...the evap purge valve...thanks brrman. sorry last time the pic didnt come up..

 

heh you probably had replaied before I edited my post - I had to alter the pic to label the valve

 

Droo-
I don't know as much as these other guys here, but I had a ticking noise which everybody on here thought might be lifter ticking, but it was actually my turbo (cracked blade). If it sounds like a tin can rattling, and if it speeds up when you let off of the accelerator pedal, that might be it. I hope its not though; kinda expensive.

 

jest..that diagram is awesome....u make that?...1 question tho....dont the headers lead into the exhaust system?

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i hear ticking when i start up my car in the morning but after that, i dont hear it. i only have 78k on my a4

 

me too! i get that in cold mornings.... hey, i aprreciate all the help guys!!!

 

Cuz cold starts mean less oil in the crankcase. Until oil gets up around there you will hear ticking.

 

i hear ticking only when i accelerate and only until about 4000 rpm. Ticking sounds like one of those crazy spanish morocca instruments. This normal?