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Offline chris_vw_1987

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Re-shimming ? whats this lol :D
« on: 28 July 2007, 11:47 »
apparently my engine :undecided: needs this as theres a slight clicking / tapping noise as the engine runs ?? :p
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Re: Re-shimming ? whats this lol :D
« Reply #1 on: 28 July 2007, 14:34 »
:huh: heard of skimming the head?!

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Re: Re-shimming ? whats this lol :D
« Reply #2 on: 28 July 2007, 20:06 »
ye this is to do with the tappets in the cylinder head, the shims im sure are behind/underneath the tappets, they can be replaced to reduce the space of the tappet (as they wear over there liftime) so it reduces the clicking/tapping  :wink:
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Re: Re-shimming ? whats this lol :D
« Reply #3 on: 29 July 2007, 16:03 »
mine taps badly until totally warm!  :lipsrsealed:
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Re: Re-shimming ? whats this lol :D
« Reply #4 on: 01 August 2007, 01:51 »
hehe yeah , thanks i went to see a garage they were like " you wont get it much quieter than that sonny lol "
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Re: Re-shimming ? whats this lol :D
« Reply #5 on: 03 August 2007, 01:17 »
must be a crap garage then.. as I've reshimmed a few mk1's and it made alot of difference afterwards = quiet and better running of engine. Properly the garage has no idea where to get the required shim's...
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Re: Re-shimming ? whats this lol :D
« Reply #6 on: 03 August 2007, 10:19 »
isnt the process reletivly easy to do yourself? euro-crap -parts do them along with gsf... just a tad time consuming though...
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Re: Re-shimming ? whats this lol :D
« Reply #7 on: 03 August 2007, 15:04 »
Quote from: dabill on 03 August 2007, 10:19
isnt the process reletivly easy to do yourself? euro-crap -parts do them along with gsf... just a tad time consuming though...

yep its not too bad to doo, you just have to get the right required skim's for each tappet. I replaced my cam when I need mine as well, put the new cam on first and then measure the required difference to get the skim's needed.

link to help you...

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=33994.0
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Re: Re-shimming ? whats this lol :D
« Reply #8 on: 21 August 2007, 22:29 »
i vw are the only place that do the shims afaik know mate, i just had to order a 3.25mm from a vw dealer on the ilse of wight as it was the last one in the uk :shocked:

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Re: Re-shimming ? whats this lol :D
« Reply #9 on: 21 August 2007, 22:33 »
edit that just checked and ecp do stock some sizes :smiley: most of the smaller ones are out of stock though.

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