Clicking/Ticking coming from the engine...

[Panda]

Im getting this ticking / clicking sounds that is coming from the engine. I did some searching and im guessing its one of two things fuel injectors or the valves need to be adjusted. Im guessing the later one but im not sure. Just wanted to get some other opinions. The sound only starts when the engine is warmed up ( never made the sound while cold). Whats wierd is sometimes it never makes any noise even when its warm. Sometimes I drive for 10mins or less and it starts other times I will drive for around 30mins and it will never click once....

I also made a short clip so you can hear extactly what I'm talking about ( you can hear it pretty well at the end of the clip )
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any help is much appreciated

thanks,
Dan

[delatlanta1281]

sounds like valves to me..... you can hear the injectors under that sound. How is your oil? Is it full? Old?
You need a winshield wiper btw....
just lookin out!

[Mike325]

Sounds like the valves need to be adjusted.

[Panda]

sounds like valves to me..... you can hear the injectors under that sound. How is your oil? Is it full? Old?
You need a winshield wiper btw....
just lookin out!

LOL need 2 wipers....the metal arm for the wipers came off of the rubber boot thing and I can't get it to stay back on so i just took the wipers off.

Just changed the oil less than a week ago

So im guessing adjusting the valves would do the trick than...

[Panda]

Thanks for those who replied im going to do a valve adjustment this weekend. While I have the vavle cover off im going to paint it...I was wondering if it would be find just covering the top of the engine with some foil or something till the paint drys?

By the way just to check is these all the parts I need
-gasket
-feeler gauge
-10mm socket

thanks again,
Dan

[Court M3]

bringing this thread back to life, did adjusting the valves fix your problem?