quite tappety

[innes]

is it normal for a 325i to sound pretty tapety?
i think this is the correct description gets quicker with acceleration?

what can i do to possibly quieten them down??

[wildeian]

Yeah, mine's the same and I've adjusted them many a time.

There's a few threads going about adjusting the tappets from 10 to 12 (or the other way round), but I think it's pretty normal.

[e30-320i]

if you can hear it in the car with windows up some of the sound maybe coming up through the steering column i was told by some-one on here to take horn button off and plug the hole with blue tack sounded odd but did the trick

[StuBeeDoo]

Just a thought, but are you mistaking blowing exhaust manifold gasket(s) for tappets? That would also cause a tick-like sound.
The BlueTack in the steering column does work - the shaft's hollow.
HTH
Stuart.

[wildeian]

single point injectors also make a clicking sound.

I was going to buy some multi-hole injectors a while back, but I got ripped off by 'ChippedUk' on eBay.

[MattyP]

Dead right about the sound transmitting through the column.
Tried taking the horn cover of and then driving, couldn't beleive the difference!!