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[LeeDJC]

My wife's 16k mile 1.3SPi sounds like it's quite tappety when it's cold. When it gets up to normal working temp it's fine. Is this normal, or likely to be rockers that need adjusting...or something more sinister?

Lee

[bikemark]

silly question but have you checked the oil level?!

when was the last filter change?

[AlexM]

The valve clearances need to be set at 12 thou. This should be done when the engine is cold, if the engine is in good condition then this should help, if not solve the problem.

Mine does this, but the rockers on my car are worn meaning correct valve clearance is difficult to set. Mini's are quite tappity sounding anyway and its better that the gap is set too wide than too close.

[Big_Adam]

summer, when you sending me your adress so I can get these rocker to you man?!

back to topics, yeah do the tappets when stone cold (this means normaly 1st thing) then it should be better. Unless it's somthing very bad.

[LeeDJC]

silly question but have you checked the oil level?!

when was the last filter change?

Oil level's OK, but the filter hasn't been done for a while. Will do the oil and filter and see if there's any improvement. If not, will check the gaps.

Cheers