Hi all,
Found another problem with my poorly idling 220 gsi today. When starting it this morning, the car is suffering from a very slight mis fire and a tapping sound. I let the car tick over, openned the bonnet and listened.
The tapping sound, is coming from the cambelt side. Sounds like a tappet or something. Now, in the supra world, a mis fire from startup with idicate a HG, as the collant has entered the cylinder, and this causes a misfire. But in the rover world what could this be ?? After a 40 min drive, all is ok. Is it a stick valve ? This causes more problems whilst driving. Bit of **** in the oil ways ?? straving a tappet ?? If so, why a mis fire ??
Also, what are your 2l engines like in regards to vibrations ?? If I take mine up to 5/6k revs, the whole car shakes. Ive dipped the clutch and let the car roll, and its smoothe. Its definately the engine that causes the whole car to vibrate. Engine mount??
Its a very low mileage engine 32K, so Im assuming it has carbon'ed up or lacquired up. I think I need to oil flush it due to the previous owners short journeys. Any tips ??
SBK
Found another problem with my poorly idling 220 gsi today. When starting it this morning, the car is suffering from a very slight mis fire and a tapping sound. I let the car tick over, openned the bonnet and listened.
The tapping sound, is coming from the cambelt side. Sounds like a tappet or something. Now, in the supra world, a mis fire from startup with idicate a HG, as the collant has entered the cylinder, and this causes a misfire. But in the rover world what could this be ?? After a 40 min drive, all is ok. Is it a stick valve ? This causes more problems whilst driving. Bit of **** in the oil ways ?? straving a tappet ?? If so, why a mis fire ??
Also, what are your 2l engines like in regards to vibrations ?? If I take mine up to 5/6k revs, the whole car shakes. Ive dipped the clutch and let the car roll, and its smoothe. Its definately the engine that causes the whole car to vibrate. Engine mount??
Its a very low mileage engine 32K, so Im assuming it has carbon'ed up or lacquired up. I think I need to oil flush it due to the previous owners short journeys. Any tips ??
SBK