Hi All,

I bought a 02 plate Seicento Sporting literally 2 days ago...and I love it! I had an MG ZT 2.0 before, and it was way too expensive to run and insure. I've gone from one extreme to another...huge to tiny! I love the way the seicento keeps you on your toes though...every corner sliding sideways LOL

Anyway, the tappets are insanely noisy! I've never had a small car before, and was wondering if this was normal? It had a full service including oil/filter change last June. It only has 36k miles on the clock! (bargain I thought).

Any reply would be much appreciated.

Are you shure it's the tappets as you will have four injectors tapping away?

Mines never been quiet

Its easy enough to check the tappet clearances, they should be nearly silent.

Cheers

D

hmm..not sure what it is, but its very noisy..the tapping gets faster as the car does, if that helps...? I'm no mechanic lol We can't really tell from my friends car if it's normal, because he has an induction kit on his (viper kit) and his engine is so loud, you can't hear anything but the growl. I assume every one else's is noisy too then?

rallycinq said:

Its easy enough to check the tappet clearances, they should be nearly silent.

Cheers

D

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How do I check??...not really sure what I'm looking for

M1C4A3L said:

hmm..not sure what it is, but its very noisy..the tapping gets faster as the car does, if that helps...? I'm no mechanic lol We can't really tell from my friends car if it's normal, because he has an induction kit on his (viper kit) and his engine is so loud, you can't hear anything but the growl. I assume every one else's is noisy too then?

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No. The rally car has almost silent tappets.

Get a cinq manual and a spenner and set of feelers and check.

Cheers

D

rallycinq said:

No. The rally car has almost silent tappets.

Get a cinq manual and a spenner and set of feelers and check.

Cheers

D

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OK mate, fingers crossed my friend already has a manual hehe Saves me buying one.

I didnt know they were adjustable on Seicentos?

M1C4A3L said:

OK mate, fingers crossed my friend already has a manual hehe Saves me buying one.

I didnt know they were adjustable on Seicentos?

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They aren't, as such. The adjustment is by shim in a bucket, but by simply checking the clearances you will know whether you have a major or minor problem.

Cheers

D

M1C4A3L said:

It had a full service including

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clearly not as checking the tappets are part of a full service

rallycinq said:

They aren't, as such. The adjustment is by shim in a bucket, but by simply checking the clearances you will know whether you have a major or minor problem.

Cheers

D

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I'm really not mechanically minded - I think I'm just going to get it checked by a garage, and then fingers crossed, it is covered under my 3 month warranty if anything needs doing!

I've just been reading a previous post, and saw that some guy fixed his for £10, because the clearances weren't correct...I wish I knew how to do it!

It's well described in the Cinq Haynes manual. Easy enough job (don't forget you'll need a new rocker cover gasket and some silicon sealant).

fingers99 said:

It's well described in the Cinq Haynes manual. Easy enough job (don't forget you'll need a new rocker cover gasket and some silicon sealant).

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This falls under my warranty...thankfully. So on Friday, I am driving it to the garage I bought it from who will adjust it. - Hopefully I will get the BMW 3 series courtesy car for a couple of days

When I originally called the garage, they tried telling me that it is completely normal for this engine to be 'tappety', so I rang a Fiat garage in Rushden, who told me that it is not normal. They couldn't really argue with Fiat! Chin Up :devil: