my c20xe sounds really tappety first thing in a morning, but goes after about a mile. sounds as though its got no oil in it :lol:

if you get it sorted, could you let me know. as would be nice to find out what it is.

took mine to vauxhall, possibly Hydraulic Lifters, cause i know i have an oil leak, when paid, might try n get it sorted, has got 127,000 ish on the clock though :p

Fink i need a new engine

my 1.2 just hit 83000 and just started to get a tapping/rattling noise from the front of the car, only when i'm in high rev though. being looking for where its comming from but can't seem to find anything.

:lol: cheers every1 :D

:lol: mine sounds like a tank in the morning

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Originally posted by BeArDy
try thicker oil :thumbs:
as for tapping u havent heard anything till u hear a 2lt 16v start cold in the morn :lol:

[Edited on 03-08-2003 by BeArDy]

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try thicker oil :thumbs:
as for tapping u havent heard anything till u hear a 2lt 16v start cold in the morn :lol:

[Edited on 03-08-2003 by BeArDy]

My 1.2 16v taps a little through certain rev ranges when under stress, like going up a hill or accelerating.

I assumed it was a characteristic of this engine as it causes no problems.

cheers :)

maybe it is just me then cause it hasn't lost any performance.

smaller vauxhall engines tend to have a very 'tappety' sound to them anyway, wouldnt have thought there wud be anythin wrong

[Edited on 02-08-2003 by sxi boy]

nah i got me bro to follow me while i gave me car a cane and there's nothing at all outa the zorst.

oil level is perfect, chack every week and hasn't brunt n e oil at all :)

cheers n e way :)

cars done 86 000 miles so it might be warn tappets?

u checked ur oil level?? maybe u got a leak or the cars burning oil,meanig the level is low, hence the tapping??

tap? I think it's gotta be tappets? is there n e thing i can do to quiten them down?

ive tried Wynns tappet cleaner with no joy, dunno what else to try really part from an oil change.

would a thicker oil help, im using GTX magnetic which was really thin, dunno if that would make them tap louder?

When i drive it harder it taps louder, that normal?

It's only a recent thing, come to think about it, it really only started to get noticable when i put the Magnetic oil in, but i was assured the oil was ok for the car.

It's a 1.4 16v BTW

cheers :)