3200 running again, few issues

[beau]

il let u know once i check the clearances, its raining here atm so cant, iv got a few ideas on what to do, but im thinking again it may be easier to get it done at a specialist, without a stock of the shims its not really viable job and could take weeks waiting for shims then ordering new ones if they arnt right!

 

[beau]

i have checked the clearances, and they are too tight, the gaps on the exhaust side are what the inlets should be (roughly) and i cant even fit the feeler gauge in on the inlet cam

 

[RossWA]

Hi Beau,

I agree that you should take it to a specialist, I have watched my Alfa mechanic go through the process, he has a set of 20 shims on hand a special caliper that makes it simple to measure the gap. He also will only do this job when the engine is dead cold, so that there can be no variations due to expansion. It was time consuming on 4cyls and 8 valves, it is going to be a lot worse with 32 valves!

Good Luck
Ross

 

[hodroyd]

Sound advice me thinks!!

 

[beau]

booked to be picked up in the morning and taken to Grimaldi Engineering

 

[beau]

off it goes

 

[lozcb]

off it goes

Nice tow vehicle Beau , actually met the guy once ,Enzo used him to collect his 550 Maranello from the salvage yard , and then on to Roberto's for some fettleing , Hope Roberto sorts out the tappet issue


regards loz

 

[hodroyd]

Reminds me of the other week when we were brought back from Masham on the back of a truck, nice Hummer.

 

[beau]

hi, well the car spent near on 2 weeks there, shim's done, and it still makes the tapping noise, Roberto does not know what it may be without further investigation so i had to take it away.

i have had a local person have a look, and they think it could be a worn camshaft, but in short, not totally sure, but they did say the noise is made in time with the cams not the crank so 90% sure its top end, and it defiantly sounds top end.

the noise sounds less harsh when the engine is hot

i have done over 100 miles in the car now of mixed driving and the noise has not changed at all.

EDIT= 1 thing though, the noise is defiantly less harsh, not as loud since the shims and an oil change has been done, so 1 or both of those things has effected it defiantly, before either was carried out the engine sounded rather terminal, now the noise just sounds like a slightly tappy engine.

 

[lozcb]

hi, well the car spent near on 2 weeks there, shim's done, and it still makes the tapping noise, Roberto does not know what it may be without further investigation so i had to take it away.

i have had a local person have a look, and they think it could be a worn camshaft, but in short, not totally sure, but they did say the noise is made in time with the cams not the crank so 90% sure its top end, and it defiantly sounds top end.

the noise sounds less harsh when the engine is hot

i have done over 100 miles in the car now of mixed driving and the noise has not changed at all.

EDIT= 1 thing though, the noise is defiantly less harsh, not as loud since the shims and an oil change has been done, so 1 or both of those things has effected it defiantly, before either was carried out the engine sounded rather terminal, now the noise just sounds like a slightly tappy engine.

Have you determined which bank it is , or is it both sides ........................could be worth changing out a head


regards loz

 

[beau]

Have you determined which bank it is , or is it both sides ........................could be worth changing out a head


regards loz

its only the nearside

 

[MUC3200GT]

Just one thought: (of cause has nothing to do with the engines noise), when I look at the air filters, I am wonderinging where the original vacuum hose from the original left air filter box to the Kayser Valve is connected now? . There are very early models without Kayser Valve so this is not absolutely neded Item but I would assume there have been reasons to add the Kayser valve (and the vacuum hose on the air filter box).

 

[beau]

finally, i can now post to say this is now sorted, im not going to go into details with what the issue was on here, but its fixed and running 100% now.

 

[JDM]

finally, i can now post to say this is now sorted, im not going to go into details with what the issue was on here, but its fixed and running 100% now.

Do tell, why the big secret?

 

[hodroyd]

Beau,
It would be interesting for us to know mate, it could be one of us one day with the same issue and we all try to share our experiences.
Cheers
R

 

[conaero]

Yes do tell Beau....

 

[beau]

well im still not going into it, but it was basicly due to some dirt/carbon build up!

 

[hodroyd]

Beau,
If it was your fault mate and that's why you don't want to say, don't worry we have all been there at some point, we don't judge.
Cheers
R

 

[drellis]

i dropped the gearbox oil on my audi instead of the engine oil last week ( as was lowest drainn plug), then i couldnt get the gearbox fill plug out! so no oil in gearbox, managed to get oil in via the breather cap at top of the gearbox. Finally got the plug done yesterday with 2 hours of gentle persuation

 

[Danny]

Beau,
If it was your fault mate and that's why you don't want to say, don't worry we have all been there at some point, we don't judge.
Cheers
R

More likely someone else's fault and Beau not willing to make a big issue of it on a public forum?