Miss-Vw 2 Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Noticed a problem with the VR, everytime I start it up I can hear a tapping noise from the engine bay. After about 30 seconds to a minute, the noise dies down and the engine sounds pretty smooth. The noise is worse in colder weather. Ive checked oil level which is fine, im guessing its either the lifters again (which were actually looked at about 6 months ago), or the start of something a bit more serious. Any ideas? Link to post Share on other sites
Phat VR6 3 Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 sounds like tappets to me.. wouldn't worry about it unless its really bad Link to post Share on other sites
Rikki 2 Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 What oil do you have in it? could be too thin Link to post Share on other sites
Miss-Vw 2 Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Ive got 10w40 semi synthetic in there at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
framan 0 Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 You could try an oil additive from a company like lucas. It can help rattles like yours and since it sounds like it goes away when the engine reaches operating temperature, I wouldn't imagine it being too serious. Also, you say the lifters were "looked at". Depending on how and how much you drive their condition could have changed. Link to post Share on other sites
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