MarkGolf 6 Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Hi all,Recently gave my cylinder head a rebuild after my od head had dodgy seals..Fitted new valves, guides, seals and tappets.I reused the springs and cams but all appeared fine..I fired the car up for the first time last night and it ran for no longer than 2 mins as I had minimal coolant in there, all sounded perfect..Tonight I fired it up so I could bleed the coolant system and with 2/3 mins the engine developed a tappety noise, it appears to be coming from cylinder 3/5 area and stats at a steady volume no matter the revs but the noise does match the engine RPM..Can anyone shed any light on what this could be? Should I have filled the tappets with oil? Would my cams be worn? HelppppppppThanks Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 When I fitted new hydrolic lifters to mine, it was a good 20 minutes before everyting stopped making tapping / ticking noises, it does take a little while for them to be charged with oil. Link to post Share on other sites
MarkGolf 6 Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Maybe I need to run it slightly longer.. I must have had it running for 20 mins last night while I did my coolant but I didn't really rev it..Just let it idle.. I'm going to re-bleed the tensioner bolt and let it run again..Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
FishWick 21 Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Take it out for a drive and it should be quiet by the time you get back.Which tappets did you use? GSF ones? So long as they had "ina" stamped on them, they're the same as genuine. I know they do some unbranded crap that I wouldn't even fit to a kart engine! Link to post Share on other sites
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