gazbrook 0 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 After a long painful wait to get my engine back i had been told to take it easy for about 800 miles until the engine wears in a bit. i had driven just over 400 miles and now my brand new engine is tapping away like its done 80,000 , it sounds similar to the sound of tappets when an engine has done loads of miles NOT 400, I can't get it back to the garage till Monday, any ideas what it is?? At this rate i might be stuck with the back up car ,which is a Fiat Punto &| Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 may sound stupid, but have you checked the oil. cos i had pretty much no oil in her and she ran fine barring the rattley noise which i thought may have been the tappetd, gave her a good going over and after topping oil up, the noise went. but thats about as far into engine troubles i can dig, lol. Link to post Share on other sites
kilokilla 0 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 yes check oil but if levels are good id advise leaving car well alone until engine fitter can check it out it sounds like oil problem and if its not getting oil up the top properly it will kill your head . Link to post Share on other sites
gazbrook 0 Posted May 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 yeah i was hoping thats all it was but the oil is on max, i'm gonna leave it stood over the weekend and freewheel it down to my local garage on Monday, just want to put my mind at rest that nothing serious/expensive is buggered although it looks like it might be the case Link to post Share on other sites
kilokilla 0 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 they are nice strong engines as long as you aint thrashed it with it tappeting loud it should be ok but defo best idea to leave it to experts its probably just a faulty oil pump and tappets get noisy even if oil is low .i keep fingers crossed for ya. Link to post Share on other sites
kilokilla 0 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 here as engine just been rebuilt theres no water loss is there cos if water is getting in oil will make it tap to.just a suggestion . Link to post Share on other sites
jamieVR6 0 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 More problems Gaz %-6 you're car really doesn't want to be driven does it? :@ Hope it's all ok when the mechanic checks it out. GOOD LUCK! Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 i had a recon engine in my cav and it had an intermittent oil pump and it rattled like buggery hopefully thats all it is on urs m8 Link to post Share on other sites
gazbrook 0 Posted May 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 luckily i only drove it about 200 metres when it started tapping so i hope the damage is minimal, it does sound like a lack of oil problem to me but i'm far from being a mechanic, well at least my car looks nice on the driveway, shame it doesn't move anywhere!! Link to post Share on other sites
gazbrook 0 Posted May 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 good news, Andy from Awesome Gti drove 50 miles from Warrington to Leeds where I live to have a look at my car, if that isn't excellent customer services i don't know what is,poor guy had about 80 miles to drive back too, it was just a faulty hyrdraulic lifter, it won't cause any damage and he'll obviously repair it for free under the guarantee, i'm happy again Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 nice 1 andy that is great service glad u got it sorted now get out there and embares the rs turbo brigade lol Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Steve 0 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 That is fantastic service, there certainly ain't that many places that would do that.Anyway, glad its not serious. Link to post Share on other sites
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