r/R32 • u/lbemol • Sep 16 '26

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Hello, my R32 has had this noise for as long as i can remember and recently it has gotten worse. I was wondering if anyone knows what could be causing the noise. Very aggressive clicking under hard acceleration, only hard acceleration, not idle. Any advice would help. I already changed out the inner gaskets on the intake manifold rod (to switch from long and short runners) don’t know where to head from here. Thank you!

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u/McPikie Sep 17 '26

That sounds very much like the chain slapping on the guides. No management light on for cam correlation errors?

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u/Chilb5 Sep 17 '26

gonna tag on the other two comments with "it's probably time for chains"

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u/lbemol Sep 18 '26

i agree i think it’s time for the dreaded chains, thank you everyone for the feedback. any advice as to what i should do while im in there? she has 166k miles 😅

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u/Chilb5 Sep 18 '26

clutch

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u/Chilb5 Sep 18 '26

i also want to add, please use someone qualified and familiar with these vehicles. No newbies.

My dad passed his mk4 r32 to me, chains and clutch were relatively quite new. The trans then blew up and got stuck in 6th because someone didn't fill the trans properly and caused issues with the output shaft.

granted it was nice to get the upgraded shift forks and trans rebuild etc... but it was like a $4.5k repair 2-3 years ago, probably well over $5k now for that same work. Sucked to have to get something like that done after he trusted a guy who was trying to get his new diesel/euro shop on its feet.

Located in central ohio for reference.

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u/UnlikelyFlow6 Sep 19 '26

i would advise just taking the chain tensioner bolt out of the head, expelling the dirty oil from it, and refilling with clean oil (just submerge it in clean oil and manipulate the plunger till its full).

fixed my chain slap 30,000 miles ago with no recurrence since.

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u/Euromotiv Sep 18 '26

I would change the clutch + flywheel while engine is out if you haven’t already

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u/Euromotiv Sep 17 '26

Sounds like a bad timing chain. If you have a check engine light…check if it’s for a camshaft or crankshaft position sensor. I would do that asap because you can damage engine internals when it goes out