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Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 11:54:35 +0100
From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com>
Subject: Re: Help - Noisy tappet/cam follower/lifter



Andy Hookins wrote:

> This is on a B204 engine - I didn't think it had the plastic
> oil feed pipe arrangement of the earlier engine - I will find
> out tomorrow. Presumably oil starvation would lead to
> severely knackered cam shaft bearing faces and I would
> already know about that by now.

Ah, ok, I think you're right - it doesn't have overhead pipes. 
But oil starvation to the tappets for a few hundred miles 
doesn't do much harm.

-- 
Grunff
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