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I have a noisy tappet problem occasionally which also affects performance. I assumed the worst the first time it happened. Then I looked in the Haynes manual. They make it clear that noisy tappets is a common problem with the water boxer engine occurring from time to time and suggest that different oil might help. After driving along at a steady 40 to 50 mph for about twenty minutes the noise ususally goes away for several months. I hope this helps. Patrick

Sounds like the same as Rozzo's CU ... that had split an inlet valve guide, the broken piece had migrated into the cylinder and fooked the barrel/piston/rings and it was spewing oil into the exhaust. Sounded like El Alamein at dawn . That was a replace engine job.

Ian.

No smoke, so no oil getting through the pistons.

I started it just now after a top up of oil and it dosent seem as bad as when it first happened, I am wondering if I should give the old boy a run around the block and see what happens?? Local of cource dont what the thing to be stranded !!

Although the noise was diagnosed as big end bearings, I am sure that the tappets are the issue and they have been starved of oil on my my home due to the oil getting hot/thin.......

What should I do, I suppose I could make things worse....

Steve

sunny wrote:No smoke, so no oil getting through the pistons.

Quite alright, no problem. Sorry to have interrupted you.

Oh and BTW neither was Rozzo's at first .... sounded like a buggered tappet