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• Hydraulic lifters / tappets explained
  == Hydraulic tappets == ...
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• Petrol engines aircooled Refitting cylinder heads
  ...Laurie:''' It might be a good idea to ask your mechanic HOW he has set the tappets. 1: Has it got the original hydraulic tappets? ...
  2 KB (283 words) - 10:20, 6 November 2008
• Hydraulic lifters / tappets explained
  == Hydraulic tappets == ...
  1 KB (215 words) - 10:01, 8 February 2013
• Diesel Engines Adjusting tappet clearances
  The tappets are adjusted 'HOT' (or at least warm) the clearances are set to: Inlet 0.20 ...
  2 KB (360 words) - 10:20, 1 April 2015
• Diesel Engines Cold-Starting
  Could be absolutely allsorts, headgasket, pump timing, tappets, low compression, loads of stuff. ...
  3 KB (471 words) - 18:29, 19 January 2011
• General Oils - Data
  ...'noisey tappet' syndrome, where the thinner oil drains from the hydraulic tappets and the engine starts and runs very noisy for the first 15 minutes (doesn't ...
  4 KB (672 words) - 00:36, 15 March 2012
• Petrol engines cylinder head leak
  .... I recently had a major re-con in which had been skimmed so much that the tappets, not the screws were touching the valves! ...
  8 KB (1,496 words) - 12:56, 17 March 2014
• Petrol engines aircooled - Crankshaft oil seal
  The engine started very easily but tappets very noisy but soon quietened down after about 10 minutes. ...
  8 KB (1,351 words) - 11:48, 19 November 2009
• Petrol engines low oil pressure
  Also, if your tappets are reasonably quiet, that also proves that you have oil pressure. ...
  10 KB (1,831 words) - 23:59, 13 September 2010
• Petrol engines oil change
  ...W40 for instance) are generally too thin and may result in noisy hydraulic tappets due to 'hydraulic tappet drain'(typically you will hear a very load 'clatte ...
  10 KB (1,698 words) - 00:29, 13 April 2015
• Coolant and Heating System overhaul 3
  Noise from bearings - can sound like tappets (or just squeal initially), constant need to adjust fanbelt culminating in ...
  12 KB (2,147 words) - 22:55, 20 June 2015
• Misc tips and tricks buyers guide
  Loosely based around the type 1 VW engine with added hydraulic tappets, removable spin on type oil filter, cooling fan on end of crank. Very under ...features modified cylinder heads with "D" shaped exhaust ports, hydraulic tappets and spin on oil filter, cooling system is more or less the same as the earl ...
  22 KB (4,016 words) - 16:44, 4 May 2010
• All engine faults/repairs/maintenance Oils recommended
  ...at 4 engines because of their particular habit (in some cases) of draining tappets when stood, although in exceedingly low temperatures more familiar to Eskim ...
  25 KB (4,304 words) - 11:05, 15 May 2018