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14th October 2009, 08:55
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loud knocking from the engine
just fitted the vts lump.....took it down the road and its making a knocking from the top.....could this be timming???
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14th October 2009, 08:56
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Could be a stuck lifter. Wynns hydraulic lifter fluid worked on mine.
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14th October 2009, 09:07
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Could be a stuck lifter. Wynns hydraulic lifter fluid worked on mine.
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how do i do this mate (i know a little about engines but nothing major lol)
cheers
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14th October 2009, 09:13
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Its about a fiver from halfords/etc and you put it in your engine oil, straight into the top. The old experienced guys tell me half a pint of diesel will do the same.
Run the car until warm, put the fluid in.
Run the car idling for about 15 minutes.
Then full oil and filter change.
Nice and easy to do. Mine hasn't come back since.
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14th October 2009, 09:21
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Its about a fiver from halfords/etc and you put it in your engine oil, straight into the top. The old experienced guys tell me half a pint of diesel will do the same.
Run the car until warm, put the fluid in.
Run the car idling for about 15 minutes.
Then full oil and filter change.
Nice and easy to do. Mine hasn't come back since.
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is it still safe to drive the car like this.......left it up at the unit last night dint want to risk brakeing anything lol
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14th October 2009, 09:38
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when the car is ideling can you just here the knocking stop???
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14th October 2009, 09:41
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Mine did it for about a week, got the wynns stuff and it went after 10 minutes of idling.
The knocking is there whenever the engines running if its a lifter. If when your idling it stops knocking then its something else, something loose or broken lol.
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14th October 2009, 09:48
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Mine did it for about a week, got the wynns stuff and it went after 10 minutes of idling.
The knocking is there whenever the engines running if its a lifter. If when your idling it stops knocking then its something else, something loose or broken lol.
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yeah its there when idling!!! is it still ok to drive then i take it???
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14th October 2009, 09:49
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Yea, its just the valve that the lifter is stuck on wont be opening as much. No real harm at all.
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14th October 2009, 09:52
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Yea, its just the valve that the lifter is stuck on wont be opening as much. No real harm at all.
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cheers mate......going to ring my mate in a mo and see if this works...ill let you know if it sorts it,only just put the engine in and i was thinking i had just got a duff engine...hope this works!! 
doesnt sound very sweet at the mo tbf lol
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14th October 2009, 10:22
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right.....my mate has just rang me and he said it dunt sound like a stuck lifter 
anyone got any other ideas???
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14th October 2009, 10:54
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timing out?
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14th October 2009, 11:12
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timing out?
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would that cause it to knock???
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14th October 2009, 11:13
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valve hitting piston? Is hard to diagnose an engine sound remotely
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14th October 2009, 12:02
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valve hitting piston? Is hard to diagnose an engine sound remotely
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its been sorted mate........was a loose spark plug lol!!!
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14th October 2009, 12:04
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lol - glad it's sorted and that it was something simple !
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14th October 2009, 12:14
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lol - glad it's sorted and that it was something simple !
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same here mate..........i was thinking new top end and all sorts lol
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