bigbo

Sorry delayed response...

Started yesterday and after the normal clatter of the hydraulic tappets had calmed down I find that 1 (i hope) is still rattling. I had checked all of them but looks like I missed one, so not happy. I was a little concerned that fumes came from the exhaust side of the engine but that turned out to be burning off of spilled oil etc as it cleared after a few minutes.

Hopefully the tappet will settle down over a few miles testing, if not I will have to lift the cam carrier and remove the camshafts.

If I do that then I will replace all the tappets to be sure.
And then repeat all the work after the head gasket again. So I am very very unhappy!

David