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What oil do you run in it?? 8v or 16v engine? I run 15w50 Mobile1 motorsport in my 2.7 lux and it is very quiet actually - wondering if your oil is a little thin. Another thing that makes me think that is the 2br on idle for the oil preasure.. Mine never gets lower than 3 - and 3 is when I have been driving it like my ass is on fire!!.. Normal driving and its up at 4. Personally I dont like these flushing fluids - I believe that good clean oil changed regularly and you shouldnt need them. Cheers p.s. - sorry that actually didnt help with the how to remove the tappets did it
 
are you sure it's a tappet & not injectors? (this may be a dumb question, so apologies in advanc, but the injectors can be quite noisy)
 
ORIGINAL: edh are you sure it's a tappet & not injectors?  (this may be a dumb question, so apologies in advanc, but the injectors can be quite noisy)
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A good way to tell is pull off the plastic cover from the fuel rail, they get really loud then.
 
I have a noisy tappet.. its quite annoying.

Its been there since I bought the car and I have probably covered 1000 miles since purchasing. I hoped an oil change would help out but after dropping the oil and taking a few drives its still the same. Oil pressure is fine and sits at 2bar when idling at temp.

Im going to try a bottle of wynns tappet cleaner as my mates had some success with it before. If that fails I guess my next step is to ull the tappets out? I asdsume this requires the camshaft to com off and hence time to change all the belts also? I would also inspect the water pump.

Is this a difficult job, how long would it take the average home mechanic and is there anything else worth doing while im in there?

The car also has a slight hesitation at around 5000rpm and im wondering if this could be related? Performance seems fine and it runs lovely, but the tap tap tap annoys me! I have another car so can happily strip this down over a few days!
 
I believe its a tappet but it won't hurt to check the injectors. The oil may be 5-40 I can't remember what I put in now [:-] I don't think it had been changed for a while as it was quite black coming out.. I will see how it behaves after the cleaner and try some thicker oil in it. I have just chucked the cleaner in and am off on a long drive so will report back either way :) Cheers Guys.
 
does it go away at all or is it consistent ? there is an oil pressure valve that also sticks just above the oil pressure switch, had it on a 944 turbo not so long ago, took it out cleaned it and the noise sorted itself out
 
before you start spending big bucks, just throw a few quid to try this out [link=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290345347983&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290345347983&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/link] it worked for me and a few others on tipec.
 
I thought all 944's made that tappety sound, isnt it just the injectors? Why dont you get a good indie to take a look and tell you what he thinks before you start taking it apart? Tapety tap tap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PzA5jWOM4c you can hear it the most at the last 10 sec of the video... Edd
 
I'll have to get a YT video of my engine, for you to compare it against. Anything that helps other owners is a bonus.
 
The noise is more noticable when its up to temperature.. Which would indicate the oil is a bit thin. I will take a video of it when I get home tonight (after a blat up the dual carrigeway and post it up for you to hear. It spent a lot of time at my mates garage and he believes its the tappets.. although not a porka indie he specialises in Japanese cars but knows his engines. The sound is similar to the video posted but I would say a little less frequent.. but it does increase with revs.. I usually only hear it when Im driving through town/a tunnel or through traffic where the sound bounces off another object and through an open window.. but it can be heard easily with the bonnet up! As said I'll do a video tonight.. Cheers Guys
 
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