tappets

[aubrey]

The tappets were making noise so i adjusted them but the tapping noise is still there, would there be something else making the same noise ? Any help welcome, cheers

[et_rider]

im the same on this

[Andjeti]

I've got exactly the same issue, and I've narrowed it down to something on the right (Drivers in aus) side of the engine. I'm on hol's for 2 weeks after this week, so I'm looking at pulling the engine out and having a look to see if I can narrow down what it could be. It sounds like really loud tappet rattle, but it's there no matter how you adjust the tappets. I pulled the timing covers off and couldn't see anything there, and it does it when the fan belt is off, so that rules out water-pump and altenator, the only other thing I need to check is oil pump (not sure what kind of oil pump the E15ET has). But Hopefully I'll sort it out and be able to let you know what it was in my case.

[e15et2002]

Check that the rocker shaft bolts are tight.

[et_rider]

im not shore about aubrey but myne are checked and doable checked

[Damo]

The tappets were making noise so i adjusted them but the tapping noise is still there, would there be something else making the same noise ? Any help welcome, cheers

What process did you use to set the clearance?


Damo

[paul w]

I old a mate that my tappets always seemed to be noisy, an adjustment made no differnce.
His reply?
"It's a 26 year old car...all old engines have at least one noisy tappet. I'd be more worried if it didn't."
Made sense to me.

[tassuperkart]

That is BOLLOCKS!
Sorry m8, but ur friend is a wanker and you can show him this reply.

There is NO reason in the world that valves should be particularly noisy unless they are simply adjusted incorrectly (usually) to something mechanically knackered (rarely).

L8r
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[paul w]

Yes, I agree.

There was supposed to be a touch of humor in his comment....

What he was saying to me was, the motor sounds fine, it's an old motor, expect SOME noise.

And, one tappet DID make more noise than the others, exactly as the original poster described, like a really loud tappet...so rather than me getting my knickers in a knot, which I was doing, he suggested I ignore it.

Guess, what happened after a month...the motor sounds fine. I even had a mechanic listen to it, and he reckons it's fine.

Right or wrong, I thought maybe the poster was like me, making a mountain out of a molehill? We can get carried away sometimes...

[tassuperkart]

What he was saying to me was, the motor sounds fine, it's an old motor, expect SOME noise....

See, thats exactly the kind of comment I get dark on.
There is rarely ever a reason to EXPECT a noisy top end and just explain it away that its old!!!!

L8r
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[et_rider]

In the case of what even said has this issue been found yet

[paul w]

tassuperkart:
Point taken.
I will write it out 100 times: "a motor may be old, but it should not be noisy!"

And, yes, has the issue been found out?

[Damo]

The tappets were making noise so i adjusted them but the tapping noise is still there, would there be something else making the same noise ? Any help welcome, cheers

What process did you use to set the clearance?


Damo

So what did you do?!!!!!





Damo

[et_rider]

The tappets were making noise so i adjusted them but the tapping noise is still there, would there be something else making the same noise ? Any help welcome, cheers

What process did you use to set the clearance?


Damo

So what did you do?!!!!!





Damo

by the book damo i cant remeber the order but it worked out that i was changing the lifter clearence on the rocker that was rocking,i then adjusted it to .28ml with a feeler gauge making shore that the gadge slide out with a slight amount of freaction not to much but a nuff that i had to use some muslce and that it did not just fall out lol

the way i ust to do it was just roll the cam around and when cyl on was rocking adjust that then roll to number two and do that vice versa till i found that the both rockers werent always fully rocking and that one of the rockers were ever so slightly still on the lope of the cam so corected my ways...

apart from the book is there any way to corect it at all becuse i have used the screw driver and found that the sound is around number 2/ 3 inlet valve

thankyou again even and damo bloody legends

and sorry mate im not stealing your thread more helping it along if you have any hassles with me on here i will go make a new one just let us know...

matt

[Damo]

Let's wait for old mate to respond by firstly telling us what he has actually done.


Damo