Chrissy_bwoy

just popped out and halway thru my journey i got a horrible ticking noise coming from under the bonnet, traced the noise to a silver box mounted on a bracket behind the inlet manifold. on the bulkhead with a multi connector connected to it.

sounds like a solenoid clicking over as i managed to stop it by knocking it with a large stick but it returned

does anyone know what it is? and is it expensive

pic to help, car is a 52 plate ST170



cheers for any help, ruined my night

dojj

iTrader: (3)

as a total stab in the dark (because th epicture is a bit confusing) is it anything to do with the secondary butterfly gubbins that always play up?

Chrissy_bwoy

cheers for that

according to ffoc its the air control shut off valve and is a common failure

BM08

Chrissy when did you get an st170? do you still have the GTi turbo

Chrissy_bwoy

till tuesday when they come and pick it up

BM08

what the..............

what happened? decided you wanted to get rid and stripped it or what

Although why would you strip a perfectly good car

Chrissy_bwoy

2 reasons, id had enough of agro n it always being off the road with one thing or another,

and secondly i didnt want some monkey driving round in it, id be scared as to what they would do

tsutton

The clicking nouse is, as you say, a common fault.

See my site - http://www.fordst170.co.uk/known.php under "Clicking noise coming from the dashboard" - comes with FINIS codes in case you want to fix it yourself.

The silver box costs around Ł200 or so. If you're a club member of FFOC, you could get it cheaper using FFOC discount card and ordering via fordpartsuk

Good luck!

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

lol well done mate, although i 'stress tested' mine slightly more lol, and cut a big hole in the roof to use the plate lol

Chrissy_bwoy

Dan, my bro did some bodywork to the wing as well they are coming to get mine in a little while to scrap it!

tsutton
cheers for that mate, got it all sorted now. got the box and new butterfly for Ł106

tsutton

Nice one

simon170

The silver box in your pic is the actuator for the dual inlet tract.