Mk2 8v tappets noisy

[Bigdunc]

I have a mk2 8v gti pb engine, it's don't 140k

Just recently the top end has started to get noisy ticking quite loud.

I had the tappers changed about 6k ago,

Car never had head off that I can see in the paperwork,

Is there a way of making engine quiet again?

Car has had regular oil changes aswell

Thanks

[mwep201081]

try using an engine flush at the next oil change....

[Bigdunc]

i used engine flush adative on last oil change

its not all the tappets i dont think it sounds like just 1 or 2, ive added hydrolic tappet adative to try quiet them down but not seamed to have worked.

 

[mwep201081]

One of the galleries must be quite blocked then, or the new tappets were defective?

[Steve_B]

Could be a blocked oil pump? Have you looked at the oil pressure?

[southcoast_gti]

oil pick up pipe might be slightly blocked? take the sump off and inspect everything, mines doing the same thing but on and off so im thinking it a pump/pickup pipe issue

[Bigdunc]

Pump was one of my thoughts,

Years ago I had a noisy mk2 16v and the garage used a full engine flush solution where u drain the oil and leve filter in then fill up engine with a 5l of flushing oil and leave running for 15-30 mins then drain and do oil change like normal, that worked well for that car but u can't seam to buy it anymore only the flush adatives.

Might be worth doing oil pump change anyway to be safe

[Wayne]

I would drop the sump and check the oil pick up pipe.

[Bigdunc]

will get in on ramps next weekend when i can get access to some as dont fancy taking sump off on the drive, for the price of a new oil pump and having to take the sump off anyway its prob worth putting in a new pump while sump is off anyway im guessing

[Wayne]

will get in on ramps next weekend when i can get access to some as dont fancy taking sump off on the drive, for the price of a new oil pump and having to take the sump off anyway its prob worth putting in a new pump while sump is off anyway im guessing

Yes well worth doing