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Car Forum / Volkswagen / Water Cooled Volkswagen Cars / September 2006Oh the ticking!
I have an old VW Golf 1.8 8v (1990) with about 110, 000 miles. The car runs great but the motor has a terrible tick. I've tried oil additives.... they only work for about a week, if that. I know the car sat for a long time before I bought it (hence the low miles). Can anyone help me??????? >I have an old VW Golf 1.8 8v (1990) with about 110, 000 miles. The car >runs great but the motor has a terrible tick. I've tried oil >additives.... they only work for about a week, if that. I know the car >sat for a long time before I bought it (hence the low miles). > >Can anyone help me??????? Marvel Mystery Oil perhaps? You can add it to the fuel and/or oil. You have a valve tap I think. Read the directions and do what it says. Thinking while I type adding it to a car with a catalytic converter may not be the best idea, but the oil should help for sure. You can use it over an extended period so it can clean out whatever is causing the tap slowly. HTH. z > I have an old VW Golf 1.8 8v (1990) with about 110, 000 miles. The car > runs great but the motor has a terrible tick. I've tried oil > additives.... they only work for about a week, if that. I know the car > sat for a long time before I bought it (hence the low miles). > > Can anyone help me??????? Replace the hydraulic tappets. It's not too hard or expensive, especially if it needs a cambelt change at the same time. >> I have an old VW Golf 1.8 8v (1990) with about 110, 000 miles. The car >> runs great but the motor has a terrible tick. I've tried oil [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Replace the hydraulic tappets. It's not too hard or expensive, > especially if it needs a cambelt change at the same time. Agreed - I did that on my 104,000 8v. Rob >>> I have an old VW Golf 1.8 8v (1990) with about 110, 000 miles. The car >>> runs great but the motor has a terrible tick. I've tried oil [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Rob For me it was a 120,000 mile 1.6 Driver. The only work above a cambelt change is to take off the cam cover, unbolt the cam bearings, lift off the cam, pull out the tappets, drop in the new ones, and put it back together. ISTR that you have to leave the engine unstarted for a while to let the tappets settle, but it's been a while. > >>> I have an old VW Golf 1.8 8v (1990) with about 110, 000 miles. The car > >>> runs great but the motor has a terrible tick. I've tried oil [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > together. ISTR that you have to leave the engine unstarted for a while > to let the tappets settle, but it's been a while. They should settle within a few miles though, anything beyond and the tappets are shot. However do check one other thing, my 8v tappet noise was greatly enhanced when the exhaust manifold cracked...  SignatureJon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs. > However do check one other thing, my 8v tappet noise was greatly > enhanced when the exhaust manifold cracked... True. A blowing manifold can sound *exactly* like tappets. >I have an old VW Golf 1.8 8v (1990) with about 110, 000 miles. The car > runs great but the motor has a terrible tick. I've tried oil > additives.... they only work for about a week, if that. I know the car > sat for a long time before I bought it (hence the low miles). > > Can anyone help me??????? One or more tappets. One of mine sticks if the car's not been run for a few weeks. You can swap them, or you can try some ATF dropped in the oil then changed a few days later, and apparently pulling them out and putting them in ATF can help. If you've got lots of time, you can even dismantle and clean them. Someone's put up a little guide on clubgti.com/forum. |
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