Tappety noise

[Mrski1]

I have notice when I come to a stop in my daily commute, that I have a tappety noise developing, it seems to be coming from the engine bay around the region of the altenator, any ideas what this may be?

 

[JamJay]

Carbon Filter? It's well known for ticking and is located on the offside behind the washer bottle.

 

[traumapat]

cambelt tensioner can get noisey

 

[filbro]

Alternator belt starting to perish / split / bit hanging off hitting something........??

 

[sockpuppet]

I just had that on my car! When there was no load on the drive belt it rattled, but as soon as there was load like turning the lights on or moving the steering wheel (So the power steering pump is under load) the noise went away.

On my car 2005 FR+ it turned out to be something called an altenator clutch pulley and is a fairly common fault according to the garage. While it was in I had the Auxillary drive belt and tensioner done at the same time. It was about £80 parts and an hours labour for the lot.