Noisey K-Series Engine
Discussion
Hi there,
I am new on this forum so i apologize if this has been posted up recently. If I just give you a bit of history about my car. Its an S1 Lotus Elise and had an engine transplant a few years ago due to the original engine failing. It soon became apparent that it had noisey tappets so they were exchanged for my original set out of the old engine. Still noisey. Now i only had the engine on the road for a couple of months back in 2011 and ended up putting it back in the garage until recently where it was taken back to the garage on a trailer to have a new battery and a service before getting it back on the road. I decided to take the plunge and have the tappets replace with brand new ones at the cost of £200 plus labour. However, the problem persists and to be honest its driving me mad. Its noisey more often than not to the point where its a bit embarrassing to drive around and I can't help but think that I may be damaging the engine if I continue to do so.
My question is has anybody on here been in this situation before and did you manage to resolve the problem and if so how? I have to be honest I have never stripped down a K series engine so am not sure of all of the components that go towards the engines makeup.
I am new on this forum so i apologize if this has been posted up recently. If I just give you a bit of history about my car. Its an S1 Lotus Elise and had an engine transplant a few years ago due to the original engine failing. It soon became apparent that it had noisey tappets so they were exchanged for my original set out of the old engine. Still noisey. Now i only had the engine on the road for a couple of months back in 2011 and ended up putting it back in the garage until recently where it was taken back to the garage on a trailer to have a new battery and a service before getting it back on the road. I decided to take the plunge and have the tappets replace with brand new ones at the cost of £200 plus labour. However, the problem persists and to be honest its driving me mad. Its noisey more often than not to the point where its a bit embarrassing to drive around and I can't help but think that I may be damaging the engine if I continue to do so.
My question is has anybody on here been in this situation before and did you manage to resolve the problem and if so how? I have to be honest I have never stripped down a K series engine so am not sure of all of the components that go towards the engines makeup.
Edited by rendersonique on Thursday 24th April 09:08
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