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Hello good people

I finally got VYK running again today. Hopefully if you click the link you will be able to see a video;

https://vimeo.com/user99238187/review/3 ... be06b950da

My question for all of you guys who are more experienced with this engine than I am is;

Is mine a bit top end noisy? Timing chain? Valve clearances? Anything to worry about?

All the best, Bish.

Pants. Link doesn’t work.
I’ll be back with another...............
Don’t hold your breath though!

Not you, Vimeo is down at the minute.

https://downdetector.co.uk/problems/vimeo/map/

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Aha. Thanks for the info Galileo.

Link works now! Any thoughts?

I would say valveplay. Did you set by the book or the narrow version?

Jeroen

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Thanks Jeroen. I have just got the engine running after it has sat idle for a few years. To be honest I haven’t set the valves yet. But I guess that should be next on my list! I have seen your posts on setting the valves a bit tighter.

I value your opinion, if you think it’s nothing unusual, I will breathe a bit easier.

Thanks again.

To be sure you should be able to hear the noise from front to rear under the valvecover.

Jeroen

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Yes I think the noise is consistent from front to rear of the valve cover. Maybe slightly louder at the front which made me think it may be the timing chain. I will take the cam cover off again to check that oil is finding its way up to the top end, and check the valve measurements.

The car is still a little way off of being able to drive and hit the road. I haven’t run it for more than 10 minutes. Maybe a proper warm up will help after such a long time dormant? I am happy that the noise isn’t a terminal one, and so will investigate later.

Thanks.