any thing i can do about noisy tappets
16 April 2006 | 07:20 PM
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any thing i can do about noisy tappets
apart from using thicker oil lol
16 April 2006 | 08:24 PM
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If you have an sti, you should be able to re-shim the head.
16 April 2006 | 08:33 PM
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If you have an sti, you should be able to re-shim the head.
what does that mean
16 April 2006 | 08:45 PM
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If you've got heads with solid lifters, they're shimmed to correct tolerances, the lifters that is...
16 April 2006 | 09:17 PM
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my car is a 1995 STI2
16 April 2006 | 10:23 PM
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I think these shims are rare best ask one of the regulars like David at API or Paul at Zen if they have any in stock
16 April 2006 | 10:30 PM
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1995 has hydraulic lifters , try using a flushing oil then some new 10/40 oil
16 April 2006 | 10:36 PM
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Could be trapped air... has it started doing it recently, perhaps since the oil was last changed?
17 April 2006 | 12:19 AM
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Could be trapped air... has it started doing it recently, perhaps since the oil was last changed?
humm its kinda occured in the last 3-4000 miles,
17 April 2006 | 12:27 AM
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also 2 other things
should i worry about this problem at all
and could it be sorted without removing the engine (ive already done that once for a big end
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any thing i can do about noisy tappets
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