Howzat gents, I have a 98' Golf VR6 - recently there's a tapping sound coming from the engine (the side where the throttle body is), its not a knock cos this sound is there whether the car is idling or in motion (so I'm guessing definately a constant moving part) I have no loss in power, no gain in fuel comsumption, temp normal, oil temp normal...but on the dip stick there's small particals (not sure what it is - jus parying its not filings!!!) - There was also a noise this past Saturday on top of this tapping sound - like something was dragging on the road from the engine, but there was no