Anyone know how much for new tappets?

[cliokiz]

Anyone have any idea how much it would cost to have some new tappets fitted to an F7R engine? Mine taps like f**k and sounds like a tractor!

The engine has had 275 profile cams installed by GDI, not sure if this has any bearing on the situation?

I'm not too clued up about the innards of engines, but would like a smooth engine!

Any ideas?

This is what it sounds like at the mo:

[wavy]

cant hear your tappets there

btw i think they are called HYDRAULIC LIFTERS TAPPETS
these are cheap i think
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RENAULT-CLIO-W...em320078151306HYDRAULIC

[stan]

sounds quite bad.

were they re-grind cams?

I can change them for about £300 all in.

Im based in Swansea.

[stan]

lol u cant hear them?!

they are hydraulic followers

[wavy]

i can now i turned tv off on the pc

[FlamingMonkey]

Sounds like an Escort

[2 live]

lol^^^^


shit job to do tho....

[cliokiz]

I don't know much about the cams really as i bought the engine as it is now.

Looking at the invoice from GDI, it says 'Piper 270 cam profile', and thats all.

I'm guessing the engine shouldn't sound like that? It doesn't bother me too much, but when sat in traffic it sounds awful.

Suggestions?!

[stan]

well it needs fixing..you asked for a price...I gave you one....


Those are re-grind cams...not good...increase loading on valve-train due to increased aclns....so the followers are getting a hard time basically. If they were oldish before, then they obviously havnt coped well.

[Andy P]

Cheaper way of doing it, look out for a cheap valver head kicking about