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Has anyone had their hydraulic tappets done by a garage and how much did they charge, mine are very noisy at the minute and get louder as the engine gets hot

Do you not fancy doing them yourself? It sounds daunting, but it's actually fairly easy. Usually they clean up ok, but if not they are cheap enough on eBay. You will be looked at at least half a day of garage time, and that's going to be around £50 an hour.

I can dig out the howto and some vids if you fancy a go yourself. Alternatively, is there anyone local who would give you a hand?

I should have asked first - Have you tried some Wynn's?

I wouldn't mind doing it myself. I would love to see your how to on this as it's not listed on the site how to guides. There is one on the mg rover forum but all the pics are not available to see.

Yes it's had Wynns but has made no difference at all. I'm not convinced that it is just tappet noise as it get worse when the engine is warmer

Well there is a good video of the tappet servicing here

And the process to get there and reassembly

http://www.mgf.ultimatemg.com/group2/engines/head_strip/index.htm

https://www.the-t-bar.com/community/downloads/file/3-k16-engine-workshop-manual

And a very quick version of the howto is:

1) Remove the rocker cover to expose cams
2) Remove the timing belt and the cam carrier ladder from the top of the head
3) Remove the cams
4) Pull the tappets one by one with magnetic grab
5) Number each one with a spirit marker pen
6) Soak tappets in Gunk or similar for a few hours
7) Dis-assemble and clean them one at a time.
8) This involves tapping the cup hard onto a block of wood until the piston pops out. Do not try blowing it out with the airline, you will just end up losing it!
9) pull the piston apart
10) Soak for a few minutes in Gunk, then clean wuth lint free cloth and fresh oil.
11) fill piston with oil and reassemble
12) check that any trapped air bleeds out through the valve by compressing it
13) check oil hole on cup is clear
14) Fill cup with oil and press piston into place.
15) Check function of lifter
16) Repeat with each lifter, placing them into a container full of oil while you continue with the next
17) Replace each lifter in correct position
18) Refit cams in correct orientation and reassemble head. Check timing position are return to safe.
19) Refit cambelt
20) Test

Going to give this a go next weekend.

excellent... you know where the timing marks are etc...?

https://www.the-t-bar.com/forum/21-david-aiketgate-s-guides/26020-timing