05-12-2015, 12:24 AM
(03-12-2015, 08:49 PM)insomaniac45 Wrote: i have a very similar thing, but mine goes 2 mins down the road, and its gone all day.
I am going to try a fresh oil and filter change, along with some tappet stop if that does not work. As i do imagine it is a sticky tappet.
I am going to try the same thing but as I mentioned before it's been present through a few oil changes for me :/.
(04-12-2015, 06:39 AM)Poodle Wrote: That is better.Sounds a lot like a tappet, nothing too serious. How long has it been doing it and what started it? Might be worth trying an oil flush on the next change.
Not sure if this is responsible for a bit of a drop in fuel economy for me tbh. Although the tapping stops in the video the engine is still quite tappy when load is put on the engine driving. As far as I can remember it first happened a few months after buying the car and very slowly got louder and louder.
I will have a look into using a cheaper oil to flush before putting the Total in. Thanks
(04-12-2015, 08:23 AM)lolsteve Wrote: Give the wynns hydraulic lifter treatment a shot, it's about 8 quid at halfords and I've have 50/50 success with it. On mine it shut up a nasty lifter tap but on a friends it seemed to do nothing.
I may give that a go with the current engine oil and run it for a day or two before dropping the oil. Cheers mate