arrrgggh! mycar sound like a diesel

[maxwellvibe]

when i first turn my car over in the morning 6am it sounds fine, do less than a mile and idle and it has a tapping noise coming from the coilpack..........even if i leave it for like 30 mins and turn it over it still sounds the same but the following morning noise has gone and come back........just check the engine oil and was really low so topped it back up(not checked it in a while :wall:)
dad seems to think its the tappets.......how much am i looking at? cheapest solution at a garage? worst case senario?
only had the car 2 months :s

please help

[kyle4256]

im guessin its a vts?
probably the tappets i would try some better oil mate that would cure it

[maxwellvibe]

yeh vts, i didnt even notice the noice my missus did.......ive filled the oil up with castrol gtx and ran it for a bit to circulate the oil and just check 2 hours later and the noise seems to be quieter.......think im gunna buy some of that oil additive to help......might get stuck when i put my foot down a bit, hopefully thatll work........if not how much you think itd be to sort out?

[blackie_2k5]

if its a vts and it is the tappets there hydraulic and so cant be adjusted, just replaced

[kyle4256]

the tappets are self adjust on a vts, just try sme new fresh oil maybe an engine flush to?

[Bensvts]

just were u have starved them off oil might of F****D them, it might quite down completely now uv put oil back in it

[kyle4256]

my sister starved her vts from oil, i drove it and they were loud as hell, stopped and checked oil and it was bone dry, filled it up with decent fully synthetic oil and cured it

[chris84]

Does your vts not have a oil level indicator on the screen when you turn your ignition on? I would do a full service and definatly a engine flush, i dont know why people service there cars sometimes without doing a flush as the shitty old oil thats left behind just ruins contaminates the new oil you put in. Touch wood you havnt fucked the tappets up mate!

[maxwellvibe]

ive put new oil in tonyt and check the plugs.......doesnt sound as bad after leaving it a while so gunna take it to work tommorrow and listen when i get to work if its bad im gunna get some tappet stuff from halfords and try that if that dont work ill have to take it to garage..............how much are new tappets and fitting? roughly?

[maxwellvibe]

ow the oil indicator in the little window showed oil last time it displayed and what is the gauge on the right that looks like a microphone picture?

[kyle4256]

tappets if i remember rite are about £150-£160 that long ago since i done them, garage should only take a couple hours to do it so what ever they charge an hour +vat

[kyle4256]

thats the oil temperate guage

[maxwellvibe]

that has always been rock bottom ever since ive had the car hense why i thought there was no probs :S

[kyle4256]

what do you mean rock bottom?

[maxwellvibe]

the gauge when i turn the car over is at the bottom of the gauge like the water one is but as i drive along the water one goes up to the middle point and stays there when i drive along.....the oil one never moves...............is that how it shud work?

[kyle4256]

oil one should move sounds like u might have a bad earth somewhere in that case?or the oil temp sensor is fooked

[maxwellvibe]

my sister boyfriend is an autoeleckie so ill get him to have a look at it sunday......:) myt just be a dodge sensor herd they go nown and again........cheers for everyones help and ill keep everyone posted what the outcome is tommorrow and how much itll cost if not.........one mistake i wont repeat :s

[Saxotim]

my sister boyfriend is an autoeleckie so ill get him to have a look at it sunday......:) myt just be a dodge sensor herd they go nown and again........cheers for everyones help and ill keep everyone posted what the outcome is tommorrow and how much itll cost if not.........one mistake i wont repeat :s

wires might have snapped off the back of the sensor, mine have were really fragile just caught them couple of weeks ago andthey snapped offf

[maxwellvibe]

where is the sensor?

[Saxotim]

Back of the sump

[kyle4256]

Back of the sump

yeah if 2000 model on back of sump :)

[baker556]

try some castrol edge oil as its fully synthetic not part syntheic like magnitec and gtx.

[maxwellvibe]

so had a play with the car last night, before i take it too garage and the sparks were really lose and black so took them out and replced along with a complete oil change and BAM the noice has gone whoooop! btw the sensor ive found and only had one wire out of it so think the other one has broken off so gunna replace it next weekend when the part arrives and i do a complete service :)

[maxwellvibe]

ow if yourtappets went its £220 for new tappets plus a cambelt kit which is £60 then labour (approx 2 hours) :( thankgod i didnt have to pay more than £30 :) cant wait for payday next weekend im treating her! ow what shud i buy ?????