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Fellow AW11 owners, I need your help! My 1986 MK1a (my joyrider and daily driver), which i rescued / adpoted las May and have been working on restoring cosmetically and mechanically, has developed rather unfortunate engine problems. It started 2 weeks ago as a slight rattling, ticking which appeared to be coming from the valvetrain, on what I think is the intake sound. The noise did not appear to affect the engine performance at all. Acceleration, driving was all normal. I was told it