Tapping Noise

[Bloka]

There is a tapping noise when i start the car, in the engine bay. After it warms up it goes away.

I think it is either one of the Lifters sticking or one of the tappets has goneeeeee?

Any help on this one??

Thanks

Bloka

[stocky]

telling us what engine you have could help....

[Bloka]

I have a VS Echotech V6

[vee ka]

There is a tapping noise when i start the car, in the engine bay. After it warms up it goes away.

I think it is either one of the Lifters sticking or one of the tappets has goneeeeee?

Any help on this one??

Thanks

Bloka

i reckon its probably one of your lifters, mine does the same thing ( but mines a carb 5.0 )

[Bloka]

Is there anything you can do to make it go away or will it just sort itself out?

[Andre's SS]

Its just cold ,when the oil heats up ya said its fine.

Its a Holden get used to clunks and grinds

As long as it starts and goes hard shes all good

[Don Sutton]

1] How long does it take to go away?
2] Does it do this everytime the engine has stood unrun for 5 or more hours?
3] Have you done regular oil/filter changes?
4] Has it done a lot of k's?

If it takes more than 1 minute to go away and occurs everytime the engine starts after a long stand you should consider piston slap. A 6 cyl engine will stop in one of 3 places and usually random so if it were a tappet it would be also random as it would not always be holding a valve open and therefore no incentive to bleed down. Piston slap usually occurs at high k's but can occur at lower k's if the engine has:
overheated
had irregular oil changes so that the piston has worn
has a defective or undersize piston

Likewise if it is hydraulic tappet and bleeds down when holding a stationary valve open it can be caused by:
foreign material on the lifter valve
infrequent oil/filter changes
worn lifter valve seat
oil system draining of oil
slow to get oil pressure

[Bloka]

Thanks for that Don most helpful.
I have done regular changes on it. is due for one this wend.
It has done 118,000 so it should be fine.
It usually is there for about 1 min and then goes away once the car is heated up a little. It pretty much does it everytime that car has sat there for more than 5 hours yeah.

Cheers

[Bloka]

Yeah did an oil change on the weekend and it all seems to have gone now.

Sorted thanks for the info.

Bloka