Forged Engine Now Started

[Dan Evans]

i started the engine tonight and sounds very very smooth, however when you give it a rev, the tappets are very loud, i have heard that if you dont fill the shim buckets with oil (which i didnt) then it will be tappety for a few miles until the oil gets to it, is that correct?????

cheers

[ToyotaTech15]

Did you adjust/Check valve clearances atol when rebuilding the engine?

Is it a top end tapping noise or is it hard to say, and about filling with oil, i think that only applies to hydraulic tappets as they drain of oil if they sit for a while but once oil gets through them they quiet down. but you a have bucket and shim setup so shouldnt have that problem.

Gary

[Dan Evans]

all the shims are the same as when the head was taken off, nothing has been swapped etc so should be fine.

I've literally only started it up about 4 times, I've not even driven it yet

[ToyotaTech15]

I would give the Valve clearances a check, not saying they will be out but it doesnt mean they were bang on before you stripped the engine.

Was there any head work done? or valves/springs removed?

Gary

[lukEp]

glad it started up mate did I get the pipe layout right?

[Dan Evans]

yes mate cheers, need a new sensor now though lol

[Dan Evans]

no mate, just a head skim and clean up, thats it.

il get the car going first, and if it doesnt calm down il check the clearences and go from there dude.

cheers

[ToyotaTech15]

Cool no problem,

Good to hear you got it running anyways, well done.

Gary

[Dan Evans]

cheers dude, i am very proud

[rorenapier]

Did you remember to tension the inlet cam gear?

Also when forged motors are cold, the pistons will "slap" until they heat up a bit.

[Russleh]

that happened to me mate. and only thing i did was cams out to take head off and back on and together again but i didnt tension the gear so like you nothing else was changed so that could be your problem. I've covered a fewq thousand miles now and tis fine just tappy.