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Post by craig2301 on Nov 6, 2009 0:45:50 GMT 1
i always drive through bryn to go to work (tesco maesteg)
how do i check the timing chain for wear then ? i know how to get to it but what does a worn one look like ?
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Post by coedy on Nov 6, 2009 1:03:05 GMT 1
could be tappets getting noisy? tickety tickety tickety tickety tickety tickety sort of noise?
will only cost you £1 to check your tappet clearances (if you have a set of feeler guages to hand) to get a new rocker gasket...
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Post by craig2301 on Nov 6, 2009 1:06:58 GMT 1
no its not the tappets they have only just been done and this noise is louder
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Post by coedy on Nov 6, 2009 15:50:53 GMT 1
do you have a breather coming out from the block near the water pump? if the pipe on this has a gash or hole in it it could make a sort of chuffing noise?
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Post by dai9fxey on Nov 6, 2009 20:00:50 GMT 1
Maybe a a tappet nut has come loose,IE; not tightened up when the job was done.  |
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Post by taffy1967 on Nov 6, 2009 23:30:03 GMT 1
Has your Mini got an electric auxiliary cooling fan mounted in the inner wing, right next to the normal side mounted radiator? Perhaps the fault has something to do with that? Well, just a thought anyway.  |
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Post by craig2301 on Nov 8, 2009 19:34:01 GMT 1
pretty sure its the timing chain now...narrowed it down to it anyway. will get it sorted as soon as
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Post by Ainsley on Nov 11, 2009 7:17:17 GMT 1
Have you thought about getting a louder exhaust to drown out the noise?
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Post by Specialbuoy on Nov 11, 2009 16:35:56 GMT 1
How about having your hearing damaged so you no longer hear the noise?
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Post by craig2301 on Nov 12, 2009 0:16:25 GMT 1
Louder exhaust ??  uuum is that even possible ? i have had many complaints about my noisyness around sandfields on the way to 6th form .... most recent one because i scared an old womans dog ;D she tried to make me feel bad and i have never felt so proud in my life  hearing damage is coming along nicely too  so best of bold worlds really still need to sort it out... need time as im working all weekend and in 6th form all week Also do they break just as cambelts do or is it just a case of rattling is as bad as they get ? stupid question i know but i have never heard of a mini breaking a timing chain |
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Post by Ainsley on Nov 12, 2009 4:07:13 GMT 1
I think it will go eventually my mate had a 998 and most of the teeth were stripped of the wheels because he ignored it, but I duno what period of time that happened over though. I think like with all things the sooner you do them the better. Are you going to replace it with a simplex or duplex or not decided yet? I was going to change mine but got told it was an engine out job, so though it could wait untill I destroyed another gearbox....
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Post by craig2301 on Nov 12, 2009 17:27:35 GMT 1
I've got duplex on the way  may as well treat ol' george ... its nearly xmas after all. and theres an article in miniworld of how to do the duplex conversion on a 998 sounds relatively straight forward (Famous last words  ) |
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Post by ljonez on Nov 12, 2009 17:58:39 GMT 1
is pretty easy, replace bolts with countersunk ones (will have to countersink the end plate) hit the bulge in the timing cover with a hammer to stop it hitting chain, fit chain and tensioner - simples
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uuum is that even possible ? i have had many complaints about my noisyness around sandfields on the way to 6th form .... most recent one because i scared an old womans dog ;D she tried to make me feel bad and i have never felt so proud in my life 
so best of bold worlds really 
may as well treat ol' george ... its nearly xmas after all. and theres an article in miniworld of how to do the duplex conversion on a 998 sounds relatively straight forward (Famous last words 
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