ticking when car is ran.

So, whenever im driving and when i park teh car after a drive.
i get a ticking sound.
as soon as i turn off teh engine teh ticking is rather fast, but slows down after.

i told my mechanic and he said it was just my parts cooling down eg. exhaust?
for some reason i dont believe that.
my mate said it was my condenser?

what you guys think?

i believe your mechanic

every car ever made does it.

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how long have u seen or driven or been around motor vehicles?

this thread nooed to be moved to the noob thread... ure car is normal... steel expanfs with heat, this is ur hot steel contracting

its normal.

As above - just metal contracting from the heat.

yeh, first got my civic and notice this same sound

dad said the same thing...metal contracting from the heat.

its annoying but hey...not the end of the world...

I think it sounds cool :)
I also like it when i turn it off in the rain, and i can hear the sizzle of water hitting the hot exhaust componenets.
also, if i dont drive it hard, it doesnt make the ticking noise at all, but how often do i dont drive hard?

Heard it heaps of times and yes it is the exhaust heat shields cooling down.

Once you have an aftermarket system the noise will go as they don't have heat shields.

only got my p's a year ago soo not long ay.

Yeah just thought id ask, bcos my old civic (stock d16y1) never did it, but as couges stated i know why now.

:)
Thanks all.

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