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James
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Hi All.
I bought a Brava 1.8 ELX a couple of weeks ago, N reg, 47,000 miles, Was great when I picked it up but as the engine was warm already a fault revealed later went unnoticed. Basically when you first start the car from cold the tappets make quite a racket, as the engine warms it gets quieter but never actually disappears, if you rev the engine when hot you can still here a rattle, only faint though. The engine other than that feels like new and has loads of power, I popped into a local garage and the mech' there said he thought it was probably the hydraulics, what do you think? Other than the noise it really is a great car, can I fix it?
Another mechanic told me to put 3 cans of stp oil treatment in there, I was a bit wary of that advice... stuff is like treacle.
Thanks
James
I bought a Brava 1.8 ELX a couple of weeks ago, N reg, 47,000 miles, Was great when I picked it up but as the engine was warm already a fault revealed later went unnoticed. Basically when you first start the car from cold the tappets make quite a racket, as the engine warms it gets quieter but never actually disappears, if you rev the engine when hot you can still here a rattle, only faint though. The engine other than that feels like new and has loads of power, I popped into a local garage and the mech' there said he thought it was probably the hydraulics, what do you think? Other than the noise it really is a great car, can I fix it?
Another mechanic told me to put 3 cans of stp oil treatment in there, I was a bit wary of that advice... stuff is like treacle.
Thanks
James