Blatman Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Warm the sump (and the oil in it) with a heat gun/hairdryer/fan heater. That will help with the viscosity. This was a required action on one of the GT racing vipers my brother worked on, even in the summer. They ended up fitting a kettle element to the DS tank which they would plug in for 10 minutes before initial start up. Seen it with my own eyes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcoopers Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Neil heating the sump with a hot air gun. Neil with your luck, £5 says the lot goes up in flames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashBangWallop Posted December 5, 2005 Author Share Posted December 5, 2005 Tried them all but, back-filling it through turbo oil-feed. I'll try that tonight... depending on what time I get away from work (2nd milestone this week ) Still no pressure. If you win enough fivers ,Mark. You can start to make up some papier-mache and create a new body and nose-cone to replace the ones you destroyed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffythefirst Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 If you've filled it through the filter hole, then start it, its either going to get pressure or do a clarkson and were all dying to find out which....... sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill shurvinton Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 On cam7 we have spend the afternoon chanting 'take the fscking plugs out before cranking' I think it has finally sunk in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Keene Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 If you've filled it through the filter hole, then start it, its either going to get pressure or do a clarkson and were all dying to find out which....... Something tells me blowing an engine is going to become know as 'Doing a Clarkson'... Was quite spectacular though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffythefirst Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I think it has finally sunk in... How you doing neil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashBangWallop Posted December 11, 2005 Author Share Posted December 11, 2005 I got oil pressure this afternoon - plugged all the connectors back in and started it up. The same noise was apparent and still sounded like it was coming from the head. A friend had came round with various listening gadgetry, stuck a pair of head-phones on and went probing. He's 99% happy that the block is fine; the overly-loud tapping is coming from the head and is louder towards one end than the other. His suggestion was to whip the cam-cover off and check for any wear on the cam lobes. Ultimately, he said that a new cam and followers will set me back 200'ish quid and I might as well go for a sporty road version. That'll depend on price. One step at a time, though. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Neil it sounds like you may have got away with it...I hope so we all want to see your hard work pay off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcoopers Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 £5 in the post: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashBangWallop Posted December 11, 2005 Author Share Posted December 11, 2005 £5 in the post: Keep hold of it Mark. I'll take it at the meal Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazpowerslide Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 It could be a stuck hydraulic lifter causing the noise, if the cam looks OK you could "borrow" the lifters from the other engine you have to see if the noise goes away. Chaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddyBum Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Once those lifters get empty they can make a god awful racket for what seems like an eternity, don't give up yet it may quiet down?? HTH Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashBangWallop Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 It could be a stuck hydraulic lifter causing the noise, if the cam looks OK you could "borrow" the lifters from the other engine you have to see if the noise goes away.Chaz. I've got a perfectly working 14k milage engine in my garage. I don't want to start pulling major bits off it to fix my in-car entertainment. :-) Muddybum (?!?) I ran the engine for a few minutes making the tappety-tap-tap noise. Considering how much I thought it was going to cost me, I'd rather just change them, anyway. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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