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Re: Sticky Lifters 1.8T?
« Reply #20 on: 24 October 2011, 21:46 »
Might do that yeah :)
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Re: Sticky Lifters 1.8T?
« Reply #21 on: 24 October 2011, 21:51 »
Quote from: Chris. on 24 October 2011, 21:46
Might do that yeah :)

This was mine @ 116k

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Re: Sticky Lifters 1.8T?
« Reply #22 on: 25 October 2011, 19:13 »
Well got worse this morning.

So....



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Re: Sticky Lifters 1.8T?
« Reply #23 on: 25 October 2011, 21:09 »
gone are the days of the 8v and rocker arms, could take them out with the cam in place...

Any obvious damage on them?
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Re: Sticky Lifters 1.8T?
« Reply #24 on: 25 October 2011, 21:18 »
No obvious signs of wear at all. 

We cleaned tappet out today and swapped it to other side of head....gonna rebuild it tomorrow see what happens
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Re: Sticky Lifters 1.8T?
« Reply #25 on: 25 October 2011, 21:23 »
hopefully problem solved then
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Re: Sticky Lifters 1.8T?
« Reply #26 on: 25 October 2011, 21:30 »
Well, problem narrowed down with the noise moving to other side of the engine.

Starting to think raised limiters on them arent the best of things!  6800rpm is enough by looking at the dyno plot!
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Re: Sticky Lifters 1.8T?
« Reply #27 on: 25 October 2011, 23:28 »
Yeah I short shift anyway, paranoia kicks in lol
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Re: Sticky Lifters 1.8T?
« Reply #28 on: 26 October 2011, 20:30 »
So 7500+RPM is a killer?
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Re: Sticky Lifters 1.8T?
« Reply #29 on: 26 October 2011, 21:04 »
Any updates mate?
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