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An update
I removed my cranks and noticed a kind of salt build up on the taper of the cranks, not sure if water had got in or if it is an aluminium oxide from pressure contact with the Ti BB spindle.
Have scraped out (gently trying not to scratch the crank taper) the white residue.
Am thinking due to the metals copper slip really ought to be used on the splines, however I have bloody lost my pot of it.
Tightened the fuck out of it as I did the cranks back up. Cranks are much much quieter now and the crank bolt stayed tight on my way to work.
Will probably try to borrow a torque wrench, buy some more copper slip and redo the whole job in a few weeks time.