tapping when warm - vts

[opee]

Been annoying me for a while.

Vts.

From a cold start nothing. Drive 5 miles or so then idle and its "tap tap tap tap tap"

Only heard from inside the car. Can't hear it outside. Only when properly warmed up.

Tends to go away above 1500 revs.

Wrong viscosity of oil?

Ta.

[danny-vts]

what oil you using?

10w40 semi synthetic is the oil to use.

[opee]

10w 40. It's alway been there, not any worse, no better. Just annoying.

[RickVTR]

mine has this....its just a saxo i think. Mine has done 75k so may need the tappets adjusting.

[lwigmore]

Been annoying me for a while.

Vts.

From a cold start nothing. Drive 5 miles or so then idle and its "tap tap tap tap tap"

Only heard from inside the car. Can't hear it outside. Only when properly warmed up.

Tends to go away above 1500 revs.

Wrong viscosity of oil?

Ta.

What's the mileage buddy?

VTS have hydraulic tappets and can't be adjusted like VTR tappets

[Simon]

I got it quite often when I used 10w 40 magnatec.

But since changing to Mobil 1 0W 40, it's hardly happened

[rorz_vts]

Sounds like your tappets to me, I had the same problem on my vts a oil change sorted it out