#16: Re: Tappets adjustment.. done it? Author: Harry, Location: StaffordPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:40 pm ---- I tried it a couple of months ago on a 1.1 saxo - still tapped like a bag of nails
#17: Re: Tappets adjustment.. done it? Author: SteveTDCi, Location: StamfordPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:37 pm ---- Never mind just crank the radio up !
#18: Re: Tappets adjustment.. done it? Author: V9977, Location: Athens, GreecePosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:30 am ----
Harry wrote:
I tried it a couple of months ago on a 1.1 saxo - still tapped like a bag of nails
Maybe they were neglected for too many miles.
But the point is not to make it quieter. (That's what I thought too at first)
It's to get better, smoother running overall of the engine and making it last longer, with more power and less fuel consumption. There is no-way you can do this properly just in one stage.
You have to keep at it 3-4 times over a period of time so the valve-seats re-form and the whole setup settles-down.
Also, unless you reset the adaptation every time, the ECU can't take the new setting into account. This can lead to big apparent problems straight-away with un-even idle, hesitation etc.
#19: Re: Tappets adjustment.. done it? Author: Harry, Location: StaffordPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:08 am ---- It's likely - to be fair I never drove it afterwards just ended up scrapping it did my head in long story short
Don't plan on owning a car with adjustable tappets again though
#20: Re: Tappets adjustment.. done it? Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:59 am ---- Well I checked my tappets today, its done nearly 90k miles & there spot on NO ADJUSTMENT REQUIRED
Inside of the rocker cover & the deflector plate could do with a visit to the degreasing tank but thats a job for another day, ill also save the new gasket till then
Well I checked my tappets today, its done nearly 90k miles & there spot on NO ADJUSTMENT REQUIRED
Inside of the rocker cover & the deflector plate could do with a visit to the degreasing tank but thats a job for another day, ill also save the new gasket till then
Wise move to leave them alone if gaps look OK.
How long did you leave the engine to cool?
#22: Re: Tappets adjustment.. done it? Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:35 pm ----
V9977 wrote:
MrBSI wrote:
Well I checked my tappets today, its done nearly 90k miles & there spot on NO ADJUSTMENT REQUIRED
Inside of the rocker cover & the deflector plate could do with a visit to the degreasing tank but thats a job for another day, ill also save the new gasket till then
Wise move to leave them alone if gaps look OK.
Yeah, they all measured up fine with the feeler blades so left them alone.
Ill take the rocker cover of & clean it & the deflector plate in the degreasing tank at work then refit it with the new gasket in a couple of weeks.
#23: Re: Tappets adjustment.. done it? Author: V9977, Location: Athens, GreecePosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:41 pm ---- This must be a result of good maintainance and OK driving.
Good to hear all is good.
#24: Re: Tappets adjustment.. done it? Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:46 pm ---- You can also turn the engine over with the spark plugs removed by just operating the powersteering pump pulley, it all turns over easy enough.
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