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Old 01 August 2007, 10:47 PM
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Just a quick one I've just bought a 96 STI type RA 5th injector closed block etc, with a newly built engine.,But have noticed that for the first few min's or 3/4 miles or so the engines quite tappy but then quietens down is this normal?Ta
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its probably the forged internals rattling about. Its normal until there warm and everything has expanded.
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Cheers bud, puts my mind at ease someone had told me it was normal but just wanted to check.
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