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      11-14-2012, 06:04 AM   #6
twerle
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Drives: 2016 M3 - MW / SO / Manual
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My car makes this noticable ticking noise now in days, it started to happen as soon as winter came by and snow started to fall. Any body have any idea what it is? also i've noticed that when my car is idling i can hear this faint sound, it sounds kind of like a phone is ringing.
sounds like my car also, I talked to a technician they told be because my car is direct injected and what your hearing are the injectors not sure if its true or false. I own a 2008 335xi.
That is true, direct injection makes that noise, my 335xi has that noise as well, gets louder when the weather is too cold or if its "low on oil"
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