Engine making clapping sound, is this normal?

DIGItonium

I only viewed the video on my phone, so I couldn't pick anything out of the ordinary. Rev it a tiny bit and observe the noise. Next morning, check the oil dipstick to make sure oil level is between L and H as a sanity check. When did you have your oil change? What kind and/or brand was used? Regardless, the last thing you want to hear is rod knock. Hearing that sound from YouTube vids gives me goose bumps.

With us turbo/sc folks, we've got loud injectors and possibly more noise from VVEL. As long as it's not rod knock or broken VVEL actuator, we just continue driving as usual.

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