Re: 1.8 engine noises

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Is it possible that you got the splash sheild on backwards?

>
>Ok,....gentlemen and ladies,...I just had the wierdest thing happen.  My 
>friend has an 86 scirocco he bought that has the Digifant II fuel system 
>and the 1.8 motor in it out of an '89 jetta.  Anyway,...he and I changed 
>the valve cover gasket on it today.  Under the valve cover was the black 
>plastic "splash sheild."  Hopefully you know what I am talking about.  
>Anyhow,...we get the new gasket on and tighten everything down.  Start up 
>the motor and you hear this "scratching/ ratttling" sound.  We can't figure 
>it out.  But it sounds like it is coming from the valve cover.  So we take 
>the cover back off and look.  Nothing seems out of place.  So I grab that 
>"splash sheild" and shake it a little to sort of "simulate" motor 
>vibration.  Bingo!   This is the sound we are hearing.  But here is the 
>question.  That shield has holes in it  to allow it to sit on the bolts 
>that the cam shaft lobes bolt to,.....but the fit of that shield isn't 
>tight, therefore allowing it to vibrate and make this "rattle".  Is this 
>shield suppose to have rubber o-rings in those holes to produce a tighter 
>fit.....illiminating this rattle?  We started to do this and then 
>thought,..."what if these o-rings break-down because of oil contact and 
>then get into the oil system/motor?"  So we stopped where we were and 
>decided to ask you all.  I just don't understand why it is doing it now and 
>not before?  Please,....send me some thoughts.
>thanks,.
>chris


Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V Rag
'80 Rocco (new!)
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'82 GLI (now with a happy shaved, solenoid operated trunk)
'80 'Vert
'61 17 Window
'78 Scirocco


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