Tappity Knock

[Jimski]

Yo,

Started the leon up this morning after washing it to discover a rather loud tappity tap! I believe this to be the camshaft or camshaft follower linked to the hydraulic tappits.

I took her for a warm up, got it up to 90c and low and behold, the noise had gone, left the engine to go cold and started it up, no noise

Obviously hydraulic tappits are self adjusting, could this just take a little more time due to cold weather? or is ther something i need to be looking at??

cheers guys

Jimski

 

[The MoffMeister]

thats a normal leon thing mate you'll often hear someone saying "is that a diesel" when its a petrol lol

 

[Jimski]

it was a really tinny tap tho, never heard it before on the car since iv had it!!

this common then??

Jimski

 

[Jimski]

Something like this maybe????... Non-synthetic oil is more viscous when cold, and only really starts lubricating when it heats up a bit. The noise should go away completely if you change to fully synthetic oil.


Jimski