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ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 14:09
by probey28
tried adjusting my tappets last night and made a complete hash of it and did not find the haynes manual much use.
just wondering if someomne could write a clear explanation of how too too do it properly so i can print it off and give it too my mechanic friend. cheers
Re: ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 16:10
by ginge
think theres a piece in the wikki but being hydraluic they should nt need much
Re: ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 20:44
by phade
The hydraulic tappets should not be adjusted.
Re: ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 20:49
by toomanytoys
See your other thread...

Re: ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 09:01
by cygnak
Found this usefull when i did a couple of mine
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=331065" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 11:11
by ghost123uk
phade wrote:The hydraulic tappets should not be adjusted.
Not strictly true
Esp if someone has been "at them"
Our wikki has a link that explains it all at =
https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Hy ... _explained" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This is assuming it has hydraulic tappets - the first thing to do is check if it has
