Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
maybe we're talking about different things then, every 4cyl i've heard has a quiet ticking.
I think that quiet ticking you are referring to is probably the fuel injectors. However, before i had the timing belt replaced, my car made a ticking noise from the idler pully, well that was replaced and it is now gone w/ the exception of the faint ticking sound from the injectors.