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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 22:03:05 +0200
From: "Seppo Metsälä" <semenopsambaud.fi>
Subject: Re: 900 16V Turbo tappet noise - advice needed


Steve Porter wrote in message <36B9B38F.98B9DFE2nopsam.co.uk>... >I've just purchased a high mileage 1985 900 16V turbo. Following an oil >change, what was a slight tappet noise is now a fairly loud clatter >which can easily be heard inside the car. After speaking to my local >dealer I get the impression that this is an expensive job. >Is this something a relatively inexperienced mechanic (i.e. me) can >fix? Any advice gratefully received. > The tappets are quite expensive, about 400$. I've changed tappets for my 900 i16 -89 and it was pretty straight forward job to do. I had a Haynes workshop manual from which I had torque wrench settings etc. Most difficult was opening the chain tensioner (very tight) and keeping the chain not dropping inside the engine. In my occasion the clatter was only on cold engine and it was not the tappets. The sound was as bad with new tappets. Luckily the clatter went off a few months later. I guess the tensioner went one step further. The sound in my case was the chain clattering the valve cover. Seppo mail address semenopsambaud.fi

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