ev0 1 noisy cam gears!?

[aaronmahler]

been told by mechanic noisy cam gears, can anyone enlighten me on what exactly this means??
what things to fix?? im original dumbass lol

 

[aaronmahler]

more info
i thought that a valve may have been bent as its making tapping sound, doesnt make sense as im pretty sure that the lashers are ok
please help im really sick of driving my 1.8d escort van its soo slow 80mph max

 

[sponners]

need more info mate, have you asked your mechanic?

 

[aaronmahler]

yea he said tappets and check the cam gear, he dint go into much detail as it was clocking off time!!
doesnt the evo have hydraulic lash adjusters??
he said that it was either of them as its tapping/ticking on right hand side of engine, sorry im a right noob when it comes to anything technical

 

[sponners]

yeah the evo does have hydraulic adjusters and is common for them to 'tap' after a few years.

 

[aaronmahler]

i no its been awhile but thought an update was in need.
i took a couple of the lash adjusters out and gave them a clean refilled with oil and refitted.
and no change still taps like good-un think mite try get my hands on some new 1s
any1 no best place/price to get some from??

 

[ElDopesta]

Welcome back kiddo!

Cleaning them will not help.

What you need to do is remove then from the suspect area (or all of them if you have time on your hands) and then line them up next to each other to compare them in order to ensure that they are all the same length.

Once checked, post up your findings and we can take it from there.


El

 

[aaronmahler]

im glad to be back!! will check em thanks should have time at weekend!
do u have to put them back in same place they were removed from???
also been having this debate with couple of m8s but do u refill tappets with oil b4 popping back in???
cheers

 

[ElDopesta]

It is always better to dip them before popping them back in.


El

 

[aaronmahler]

so jus dip. k so they wil stil be sqeezable??

 

[sponners]

small allen key in the hole will do the trick

 

[ElDopesta]

so jus dip. k so they wil stil be sqeezable??

That's right buddy!

If they are all the same length then they should be fine, if there is the odd one or two that are shorter, they are the ones that need replacing.

Apply pressure to all of them, one at a time and see if they depress and raise back up properly.

Let us know how you get on BEFORE you pop them back in.


El

 

[aaronmahler]

i got original 1s! i had to use a pin as the smallest allen key i could find was too big lol

 

[aaronmahler]

rite buddy cheers saturday morning she can have a lye in ive got things to be a doing lol

 

[aaronmahler]

well it saturday and plans changed she got her lye in (of course) i spoke to her bro in law who is mechanic hes going to have a look some in the week or next weekend hopefully! he thinks its a valve or timing out or both (not good) he did say even though its sounds like valve its not losing any power? i dont understand! but its dropping revs on idle and when comes to a stop. clueless hope he gets round to it soon as i want to get back to my daily asap, il try keep you updated