badboyV6 4 Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Hello all!!!OK need some advice here to either stop me paranoid or start to prepare for big bills.........This is what im planning to get done;Tappets- they are quite noisy- not unbearable just not smooth like they should be.Valve stem seals- occasionally if i put the car in 5th for say 15 - 20 minutes and suddenly drop to third and floor it a get a little blue smoke.Im going to get both these problems sorted very soon and at the same time to cut down on labour costs.Now the main thing that bothers me is this; if i suddenly plant the throttle in second (it seems most prominent in this gear cos of wind noise etc) at about 3.5 -4.5rpm i get a much louder tapping noise that does not sound right!! its coming from the drivers side of the engine. Its been like it for ages now. My VR has 68k on it 3 previous owners.... so not really high mileage, and the car now drive fairly sweet. What could it be???1. just tappets but possibly 1 or more particularly fooked ones (which is what im hoping!)2. Possible start of a timing chain issue?3. Sticking piston ring?4. something elseANSWERS ON THE BACK OF A POSTCARD.......Any ideas guys/ girls??? As usual any advice/ help is always greatly appreciated :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Hiten 0 Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 the timing chain is at the gearbox end of the engine Link to post Share on other sites
badboyV6 4 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Yep just worked that one out by reading an issue of the golf while on the throne earlier :-p and noticed a cut away model of the 24v version.... thanks anyway hiten.... still will a sticking piston ring make a racket like this? Or would it be likely to constantly chuck out smoke if it was a ring? Im hoping its just a seriously faulty tappet.... Anyone else got any ideas???? Link to post Share on other sites
ingham 5 Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 sure the noise is not pinking? Link to post Share on other sites
Lee.VR. 0 Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Have you looked at all the pulleys that the auxilary belt drives ,water pump ,belt tensioner etc could be a worn bearing . Link to post Share on other sites
badboyV6 4 Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 can pinking really be that loud- ive never heard an engine thats pinking before......may actually check the pulleys later :-) Link to post Share on other sites
smarkham 0 Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 my vr sounded just the same as that and it turned out to be the chain tensioner along with tappets Link to post Share on other sites
badboyV6 4 Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 did it sound like it was coming from the drivers side though? Link to post Share on other sites
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