lifters/ tapets (are lose)

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Sun May 27, 2007 4:10 am

for quite awhile my lifters have been lose i can hear them in the car a mate of mine said to put difrent oil in theengine ( more thicker) but i dont no what type to go for would 5w/40w be ok?

oh its for a gpx mivec engine

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Sun May 27, 2007 9:49 am

What oil are you using now? It might already be thick enough, you might just have to get your tappets adjusted.

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Sun May 27, 2007 10:56 am

the GPX engine had adjustable tappets, in an older engine (your 94 for example) theyve probably rarely been tightened.

http://www.ftoaustralia.com//modules.ph ... ng+tappets

Post by **Bennoz** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:58 am

Get them adjusted. Thicker oil just masks the problem.

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Sun May 27, 2007 9:04 pm

now do i have the confidence to do it my self

because im not very mechanically knowledgeable with cars well not with doing stuff like this.

i was happy that i took my inlet manifold off and done that my self but it still didnt work properly when i put it back on but that wasnt my fault the idle control valve internals had corroded away

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Sun May 27, 2007 10:12 pm

I don't know much about doing it... was going to do them myself but I'd probably stuff something up

Here is a good guide for adjusting the tappets;
http://www.ftooc.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=33120

There was another one somewhere with lots of pictures, and there's a few others around the place. If you search the www.ftooc.org forums you should come up with a few more.

Wi11iam · Post by **Wi11iam** » Mon May 28, 2007 12:01 am

need a nsw lifters days haha where someone who has adjusted them before help us all out

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Mon May 28, 2007 1:12 am

take it to a garage, dont play with the internals if ure unsure what your doing.

do u have a feeler gauge?

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Mon May 28, 2007 1:35 am

ill think ill do that i really dont want to mess the engine up i have payed to much for it to go bang yet

Post by **aza013** » Mon May 28, 2007 11:06 am

if you have not done it befor I would take it to someone to do it for you
you would be beter off that way and you will know its done the right way

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Mon May 28, 2007 11:11 pm

i mite get the mitsubishi garage to do it depending how much they will charge?

Storm · Post by **Storm** » Mon May 28, 2007 11:20 pm

tintin wrote:i mite get the mitsubishi garage to do it depending how much they will charge?

You will probably be shocked at how much they charge, but they can at least give you an accurate time for what it will take and cost. If you are going to another garage take along a copy of the "how to " guide and get them to give you a quote based on it. At least then they will know what they are doing. I did mine myself and the longest parts were -

1. Making up the tool to adjust the tappets. I got a long reach 10mm socket and used a stone wheel in a drill to grind off one edge of it.

2. being a paranoid perfectionist I took ages getting the tappets to the gap I wanted. Then I redid them because I'm paranoid. I couldn't shift one of the nuts but it has made a huge difference anyway.

HTH

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Mon May 28, 2007 11:23 pm

ok cheers