It's been a while since my last post. Busy working and other stuff. But bear with me on my story :
I have revived my TF from winter sleep, about 9 months standing still. Before startup I have removed the spark plugs, put some oil in the cylinders, and moved the engine by hand. After that mounted everything back together, and hoping nothing had broken due to long inactivity. Indeed it fired up fine, no issues, no strange noises, no smoke, what more could you wish fore.
There was one thing : the MOT was needed, so took it to a MG/Rover garage in NL, and the verdict was that it needed 2000 euro's of repairs : suspension arms had to much play, leaking gasket at one of the drive axels, and foremost the complete exhaust and flex pipe needed replacement because the flex pipe did not had enough structural strength anymore. It is a garage I had never been there before, my old garage has retired.
So after a week my TF was ready. On departure I heard I strange ticking noise in the engine, so went right back. According to the garage I needed to replace the engine oil with Castrol magnatic, because the tappets produce noise. I have heard this is a good remedy, so I tried it, put in 4,5 liters of the stuff and a new filter.
But no luck, and indeed I find it very strange that with the old exhaust there was no ticking noise, and after mounting the new exhaust, suddenly the tappets start making noise. A year ago at the old garage the engine head has been overhauled, new tappets and new valve seals, worked like a charm. So also very strange that new tappets suddenly would start making noise.
So I doubt the noise is coming from the tappets, usually when a strange sound appears after a repair, that would be the place to look. I have made a video with the ticking sound. I would appreciate your opinion on the noise you hear: is this surely the tappets, or is it plausible to have a different cause ?
video
Thanks for your opinion
Kind regards Theo