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Is the engine supposed to sound like this?

RingBredGTI

Passed Driver's Ed
Hello,
Just in the process of purchasing my first GTI. Its a 2012 in white with DSG.
The one I found has a sort of ticking engine noise I never heard before, is this normal for direct injection engines? I cannot find another video online to compare. Please see my youtube link.

https://youtu.be/3IBsVZmVYtc

Thank You
 

Andrew429

Ready to race!
Yes its normal for our cars, plenty of people ask that question
 

1ashchuckton

Autocross Champion
Yes that is pleasant sound of direct injection. First time I heard a DI car I thought it was a diesel.
 

corman1313

Ready to race!
Yep just the sound of the injectors. I'm pretty sure this is the sound that other engines will make when you use the screwdriver test to hear if the injectors are working, we can just hear it all the time.

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Carlosfandang0

Autocross Newbie
Mine is not too bad to be fair, most of the time it's quite quiet but sometimes does seem to be louder! I could be imagining that though :)


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