Timing chain rattle

[MFM]

My wife's 1.4 tfsi sounds like what could only be timing chain rattle on cold start up. It only does it for a split second or so and doesn't do it again until the next morning.

What could be causing this? If the chain was stretched it would have been noisy the whole time presumably?

 

[omblad0n]

It is rattly till oil is circulated to it. Makes sense to do it only in the morning, bec all the oil drains back in the pan overnight. But if its worryingly loud, or changed in loudness recently I would have it checked up.

 

[Bazzle]

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