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indy
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Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:09 pm |
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I recently rebuilt my old F7P engine. it had new bearings, thrust bearings, piston rings, skimmed head, recon valves, brand new tappets from ebay, water pump, new belts etc.. basically the whole works. Fitted it to the car the other day, filled her up with oil... anyway problem is, the engine sounds very tappety. Is that normal? Sounds worse than the old ones. Whats gone wrong?
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Neal
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Joined: 18 Feb 2004
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:13 pm |
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did you prime the tappets first? |
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Chris H
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:14 pm |
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how long did you let it run? |
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indy
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Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:21 pm |
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ermm not long.. i cudnt let it run for long as the rad wasnt connected and i didnt want it to overheat, i just wanted to see if it were running at first. so id say bout 5-10mins |
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Chris H
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:22 pm |
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can take half an hour for the tappets to go quiet if totally drained |
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indy
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:31 pm |
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i didnt know that.... didnt have time to get the rad fitted as it got quite dark, i'll prob do that on sat and run it for longer then. I feel a bit happier now knowing that.
hey, is it easy to reset the millage? I've gotta take the dash out to put a new heater matrix in, thort i might aswell do that while its out. |
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Chris H
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:33 pm |
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what do you mean by reset the mileage? you mean clock it? thats illegal sunshine and will show up on any HPI, MOT etc check |
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