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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: tgm147 on 25 December 2011, 23:11:04

Title: Suddenly got noisy tappets on startup?
Post by: tgm147 on 25 December 2011, 23:11:04

Hey guys.

Car has decided to rattle like hell for a few seconds on start up. Had an oil change a couple of thousand miles ago and all was fine, just started doing this now. After a couple of seconds it's gone. Has fully synthetic 10/40 oil in it, same as usual, and a new GM filter. Normally if it's driven up to temperature and used through the day, it doesn't come back but in the 10 minute drive to work it mustn't warm up enough and the oil drains during the day. When it's been standing in work it'll rattle for a few seconds starting. Oil level is fine - up to the max level on the dipstick.

Any ideas? I'll live with it if it's not doing any harm but if it's going to cause damage, want to sort it out.

Cheers.

Title: Re: Suddenly got noisy tappets on startup?
Post by: freecall666 on 26 December 2011, 12:18:47

have you check the head oil veins. could under stand a second of noisy tappets. what is the idle on cold start?

Title: Re: Suddenly got noisy tappets on startup?
Post by: feeutfo on 26 December 2011, 16:31:38

Stick a tin of wynns in it.

Title: Re: Suddenly got noisy tappets on startup?
Post by: hotel21 on 28 December 2011, 18:07:40

As said, try some Wynns lifter treatment after reading instructions on bottle as regards when to change/replace oil etc.   :y

Title: Re: Suddenly got noisy tappets on startup?
Post by: tgm147 on 29 December 2011, 12:47:36

And as if by magic, it's stopped on its own. 

This car does drive me  ::) sometimes.

Title: Re: Suddenly got noisy tappets on startup?
Post by: ndmv6 on 29 December 2011, 16:18:06

i put wynns in mine,shut the tappets up lovely...