Yes its more noticable at low revs when its ticking over its worst, although you can hear it when your coming down the gears slightly. So your in the process of rebuilding yours and it was a worn balance shaft??

Thanks for your help guys, ive soughted the ticking over problem it had a blocked fuel tap, the bloke had recently painted the tank and it appeared to have some dust clogged in there. As for the knocking its still there so i dont know i might just have to wait for it to get worst then ill know where ...

Just passed my test and bought a Mk3 crm, first time i took it out no probs all was fine, second time it started knocking and wouldnt tick over it only appears to start doing when its hot, its not a loud knock just an eratic knock. When it stalls it takes quite a few kicks and some throttle to get ...