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Re: Tapping

At 21:11 8/25/98 -0400, Glenn Parkin wrote:
>At 05:39 PM 8/25/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>>During cold starts, and sometimes on other occasions my car decides to
>>make a very annoying, and worrying tapping noise. My car is an 87' 16v
>>Rocco. The noise sounds like it's coming from the valves or something,
>>and typically goes away after a little while, or giving it a little more
>>gas. Common problem ? Is this just a VW Scirocco problem, or is it a
>>serious problem with my car?
>
>not serious yet but could get there/ sounds like the lifters are giving you
>some problems you should get a good garage to look at it. Hydraulic lifters
>sink after awhile (this means they lose the oil that keeps them pumped up)
>they may need to be changed.

The above sounds good.  My 2¢ worth was just gonna be to check the level
and condition of the oil.  I know it sounds too simple, but are you using a
kind that your car likes?  And what are the other occasions that it makes
this noise on?

Dan
'86 8v red martian

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