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Engine noise on startup

4K views 16 replies 12 participants last post by  Jon Chalk 
Any Cooper owners care to comment on this?
Mine sounds OK - but for a scary example, try listening to one of the new Golf GT's with the 1.4 twincharged engine - a brand new courtesy car my brother had sounded worse than my old diesel A4 at tickover!

As suggested elsewhere, a symptom of hydraulic tappets & cold engines on most new cars - reviews I've read of a number of high performance engines (RS4, M5, etc.) have commented on the same.
 
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