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Tappets For Idiots
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 09:41 AM
Hi all i want to adjust my tappets as they are loud and i feel they need doing question is how? i have read a guide but im lost it says 0.30mm i have a feeler guage is this correct adjustment? also hows the best way of getting the valves to move without running the engine never done this all help would be appreciated also do the vales run number 1 from the right?
Forgot to add its a 98/mpi
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:00 AM
would get more asnwers in the technical section
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:06 AM
SaxoFiestaMini did a good and simple guide for adjusting tappets, but I'm not sure if it's any different for an MPi?
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:23 AM
I've used this link for info on mini maintenance. Here's the one for the tappets:
http://drcwww.uvt.nl...al/engine/1.htm
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http://drcwww.uvt.nl...al/engine/1.htm
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:28 AM
cheers peeps can anyone confirm the gap on an mpi?
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:54 AM
hi the gap on a mpi is 0.35mm ~ 0.40mm and its easier to turn it over by putting the car in 4th and pulling it forward with the handbrake off, simples lol
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:57 AM
Or 15 thou if you got an imperial feeler gauge..
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:59 AM
very true but i think most places only sell feeler guages in mm now which is just another sign on the euro 
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 11:13 AM
i have a metric goes
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.10
0.05
0.15
0.25
0.30
0.50
0.70
so do i use 0.30 or 0.40? or can i put two together say 0.30 and 0.05 can they be put together?
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.10
0.05
0.15
0.25
0.30
0.50
0.70
so do i use 0.30 or 0.40? or can i put two together say 0.30 and 0.05 can they be put together?
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 11:18 AM
i have a metric goes
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.10
0.05
0.15
0.25
0.30
0.50
0.70
so do i use 0.30 or 0.40? or can i put two together say 0.30 and 0.05 can they be put together?
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 11:22 AM
coolio i guess 0.35 would be better than .30-0.40 
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 12:23 PM
Moved to Technical Section
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 12:27 PM
whoops my mistake 
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 01:26 PM
I have one of those metric gauges, with that i use 0,40, but be sure tappets are tight and engine is actually cold. By the way 15 thou is 0,38mm..
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 04:00 PM
very true but i think most places only sell feeler guages in mm now which is just another sign on the euro
Halfords do both metric and imperial sets of feeler gauges i anyone can't get hold of imperial ones.
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