Replaced GR tappets- still noisey?

redgpx · Post by **redgpx** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:05 pm

Replaced these on my daughters GR with the help on Bennoz's excellant How To BUT
still very noisey, only run it for a couple of seconds so stripped it down again to check everything looks fine. I even soaked the new tappets in a bath of oil & when installed squirted oil into the hole in the middle of each tappet.
So my question is does it take a while for the new tappets to bed in & quieten down?

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:38 am

Yeah it does take some time. Probably about a week of daily driving to work etc which included a dozen or so cold starts before they bed in properly. After that it was silent, as if it were brand new

On the day I did them, I left the car running for a couple of hours too, after that they were at a point where they were about the same as they were prior to replacement.

redgpx · Post by **redgpx** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:21 pm

Bennoz wrote:Yeah it does take some time. Probably about a week of daily driving to work etc which included a dozen or so cold starts before they bed in properly. After that it was silent, as if it were brand new

On the day I did them, I left the car running for a couple of hours too, after that they were at a point where they were about the same as they were prior to replacement.

Thanks for your reply, I was really worried I'd done something wrong, stripped it down again to make sure it was OK

Cheers mate & thanks for the write up. I couldn't have done it without that & also a strong flexible magnet that I used to insert the rear rocker arms

Don

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:20 pm

Yep same thing happened to me! Had the car on for about an hour. Still taps though but way better than how it was!