Any advice, experiences, please..
K series vvc, sweet as a nut when cold, as the oil gets warm a tappet announces itself quite loudly. Ive changed the oil and filter (10-40 from a reputable supplier), run a liqui - moly through as well but to no avail.
It`s done this since ive owned the car (almost 4k miles now) I can live with it but would rather not ; any suggestions, maybe replace the tappets ??
dry tappet k series vvc
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carrottinthesouth
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dry tappet k series vvc
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Re: dry tappet k series vvc
Are you sure it’s tappet noise and not VVC mechanism clack? A video would be good 
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carrottinthesouth
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Re: dry tappet k series vvc
thanks for the reply - & no Im not sure its not the vvc, tbh i know littla about the mechanism
I will try to upload a video
I will try to upload a video
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Re: dry tappet k series vvc
I had this problem on a 1.4 wet liner K series [ noisey tappet ] running a full synthetic shell helix 5-40 cured it after a while.
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Re: dry tappet k series vvc
Im not sure its not vvc mechanism noise, Ive got cold and hot videos,got no idea how to upload them though, sorry !
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