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After reading the "Servicing" section on this forum and hearing a bit of noise from what i thought was the tappets, i ventured down to the local mechanic to show him and advise i would like the tappets adjusted (i even printed the page out from this site showing the measurements of what they should be).

To my surprise he turns around and says they are not adjustable and i would have to get the head done if i want to get the tappets done.

What's the story here, is he correct or is this website correct as i'm confused now !!!


Oh, after putting some Mobil 1 in, the noise has gone away, guess she just needed a little TLC.

Mivec tappets are adjustable, non Mivec tappets are replaceable.

He probably didn't want to do them, they are a pain to do but they are pretty much like any car with adjustible tappets but more fiddling around involved.

yeah they are differently adjustable, and I'm thinking of getting mine done while my head is off and half my engine is apart.

When I first got to Adelaide with my car, I went to the local Mitsu dealer and asked if they could be adjusted... Guess he didnt want to have to do them either, cos he said no. Needless to say, Ive never had my car serviced there.

lwrida wrote:yeah they are differently adjustable, and I'm thinking of getting mine done while my head is off and half my engine is apart.

Dude, you have to have the head on to do the tappets...

So it is an expensive job to adjust the tappets ?

Is it an urgent thing to get them done, how does it affect the car ? ?

It's not that urgent unless they are very noisy. SOme people just use a thicker oil to quiten them down a bit (this is what would have happened when you put the Mobil 1 in it I think).

It's only expensive because of the labour involved. to get to the rear bank they have to take the inlet manifold off. Same as you have to to get to the rear spark plugs. THus if you want it done by a mechanic may as well get all this done at once (ie 100k service). Maybe anyway.

ON the perfomance front I'm not sure, but it doesn't sound good does it? I think if they get very bad you can get to a point that they become unadjustable and then you have to replace them. I've heard this is VERY expense.

Bennoz wrote:

lwrida wrote:yeah they are differently adjustable, and I'm thinking of getting mine done while my head is off and half my engine is apart.

Dude, you have to have the head on to do the tappets...

hehehe got in before me!

im guessing he'll do it before he puts the cam covers on

SchumieFan wrote:

Bennoz wrote:

lwrida wrote:yeah they are differently adjustable, and I'm thinking of getting mine done while my head is off and half my engine is apart.

Dude, you have to have the head on to do the tappets...

hehehe got in before me!

im guessing he'll do it before he puts the cam covers on

Lets hope so

My bad as you can tell I'm hopeless and can't fix an engine to save my life hence y the mechanic has it. But gimme a coffee machine and I'll fix the hell out of it

there are a select few of us who have stripped our engines before.... and sometimes multiple times!

Is your car running again, the last time I remember you replaced a valve.

Who's Car ?

SchumieFan's car.

Wouldn't be my car as I havent met any of you......yet !!!

Dan I'm working on that, I wanna see urs

Even though it's stock at the moment ?

Although the garage is filling up quickly with parts to put on. Just a matter of when to put them all on.

my car also noisy..

can not find any one help,,,if anyone here know someone, please tell me..