Sounds like the tappets!

[saxolee1986]

Hello there


there a tapping noise comming from the engine bay on my saxo, i was told to get the tappets checked out! Can u just replace the tappets or do you have to replace a loada other stuff?

Thanks

Lpeet

[Josh_Phipps]

you adjust the tappets by tightening them up.

[Luke]

Adjust them mate.

I think it's possible to do them yourself, just need to buy a Haynes Manual (to get measurements for gaps) and a set of feeler gauges.

Should be pretty simple.

[Josh_Phipps]

Here Ya Go...

1) jack the car up on one side at the front
2) put the car in 3rd gear
3) remove the rocker cover
4) remove the spark plugs so u dont have to work against the compression
5) now turn the road wheel in a forward direction to turn the engine to the correct position
and adjust the valves to the following specs:


valve clearances are- 0.20mm for all the inlet valves and 0.40mm for the exhaust valves


No.1 exaust valve fully open - adjust No.3 inlet and No.4 exhaust.

No.3 exhaust vale fully open - adjust No4 inlet and No2 exhaust.

No4 exhaust open- adjust No2 inlet and No1 exhaust.

No2 exhaust open - adjust No1 inlet and No3 exhaust.


so turn the engine so that cylinder 1's exhaust valve is fully open and ten adjsut cylinder 3's
inlet to 0.20 on a feeler gauge and then adjsut cylinder 4s exhaust prot to 0.40. then turn the
engine till cylinder 3 exhaust is fully open and so forth.

[saxolee1986]

i heard that they were hydraulic abd they adjusted them selves? but anyway ill give it ago!

cheerz lads

[Josh_Phipps]

No there not Hydrolic, as above m8

[saxolee1986]

cheerz lads