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Title: how do i find out which tappit is taping?!
Post by: vwjack on 10 April 2008, 16:40
^^^^^^?
Title: Re: how do i find out which tappit is taping?!
Post by: Horney on 10 April 2008, 16:41
Check to see if it's wearing tap shoes.













































I'll get my coat.

Nick
Title: Re: how do i find out which tappit is taping?!
Post by: vwjack on 10 April 2008, 17:08
haha thanks for that contribution!
Title: Re: how do i find out which tappit is taping?!
Post by: cняis on 10 April 2008, 18:30
use a screwdriver as a stethoscope  :smiley:
Title: Re: how do i find out which tappit is taping?!
Post by: Ben Lessani on 10 April 2008, 18:37
Quote from: cняis on 10 April 2008, 18:30
use a screwdriver as a stethoscope  :smiley:

Yeah, I've used the same method on injectors. Wouldn't have thought of just replacing 1 tappet though, if you're doing 1, you may as well do them all.
Title: Re: how do i find out which tappit is taping?!
Post by: ben44 on 10 April 2008, 18:51
do them all mate, they come in a set anyway!
Title: Re: how do i find out which tappit is taping?!
Post by: oakgreengolf on 10 April 2008, 20:09
£8 ea from gscp's works out quite expensive especially if its a valver.
Title: Re: how do i find out which tappit is taping?!
Post by: rowlers on 10 April 2008, 20:24
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLKSWAGEN-HYDRAULIC-LIFTERS-x-8_W0QQitemZ380014237848QQihZ025QQcategoryZ9889QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLKSWAGEN-HYDRAULIC-LIFTERS-x-8_W0QQitemZ380014237848QQihZ025QQcategoryZ9889QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

I've used these in my valver, do the job! :wink:
Title: Re: how do i find out which tappit is taping?!
Post by: vwjack on 11 April 2008, 00:25
yeah it was like 87 pounds from euro parts. but yeah im getting bored of getting sprayed in the face with oli trying to find which one it is.
thanks rowlers. how do you work out the part code?!
Title: Re: how do i find out which tappit is taping?!
Post by: Tornado on 11 April 2008, 21:47
Quote from: Ben Lessani on 10 April 2008, 18:37
Quote from: cняis on 10 April 2008, 18:30
use a screwdriver as a stethoscope  :smiley:

Yeah, I've used the same method on injectors. Wouldn't have thought of just replacing 1 tappet though, if you're doing 1, you may as well do them all.

How does that work for the injectors ben?
I am asking cos i once spent a wad of cash trying to resolve a high CO problem amnd it was a duff injector!
Title: Re: how do i find out which tappit is taping?!
Post by: Ben Lessani on 11 April 2008, 23:25
Its not really a proven way of testing them - just for listening to them. My old Pug used to make a lovely rattle when it was running, and I always assumed tappets, but it was the injectors. Popping the flat end of my monster screwdriver and putting my ear to the other, you could hear the injector firing on each stroke.

Get a fire extinguisher...The best way to test injectors is to remove them - but keep it attached to the fuel rail, put 4 jars under each injector (for the love of god, disconnect the spark plugs), and get someone to crank the engine. Watch the spray pattern, intensity, volume (its pretty obvious to compare). This is pretty risky - fire and all that, but unless you have a spare K-Jet system lying around to test them on, its the only way.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x67m_kjetronic-video