Topic: Engine noise
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Old 10-22-2007, 12:47 PM   #8 (permalink)
Mike Tee
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I think it could be the idle purge valve (fuel vapopur recovery system) clicking open + closed.

Early W203 cars had a service bulletin about just this sort of a noise. The fix was to put a soft rubber gasket under the valve.
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