Ticking on tick over

[GavMc P11GT]

Can anyone have a listen to this video see if you think that loud ticking sound coming from the top end of the engine is normal I can hear it from inside.

 

[mmi]

No, doesn't sound normal. Is the ticking there always or just sometimes?

Please listen/compare with the attached audio files in post#1 here

[T6_measured] Injector failure

Keyword “loud knocking metallic noise from engine”. VW has published in September a service note which can be found with vehicle's VIN. The sound clips from my engine (150PS, EU6) with comments on 21 Oct 2017 in thread Tick over noise EDIT: audio files from the thread copied here as...

www.t6forum.com

 

[GavMc P11GT]

Yeah sounds just like your knocky one ¯\_(ツ)_/¯