Ows

are rebuilt engine a bit noisy till their warn in like ? like the tapets and pistons n sduff, cus iv just rebuilt my engine, all the measurements were in and started it up and im geting piston slap sound and tapets? could this be down to need wearing in or the ****y oil iv put in to wear it in?it runs fine like, just a bit noisy

plus what can cause a fault code purge control valve?

cheers

172sport

iTrader: (6)

The P1 motor i built was sweet.

Ows

from the first start up?iv only ran it for like up to temperature once cuse the noise scared me a bit, going to chek the timing tonight i think

merlin24

iTrader: (1)

I would put an oil pressure gauge on it and check the oil pressure first.

Ows

right, hm need to get hold of an oil pressure guage, any ideas of where i can get a cheep one just to chek it, would i need to do any "plumbing" or can you get ones that relay of an electrical cable?

cheers

(ps i no nothing bout oil guages and pressures!)

merlin24

iTrader: (1)

IIRC the thread size on the standard oil pressure switch is 1/8th BSP,so any gauge with this size adaptor/fitting would do.

Ows

nice one, cheers, how much should it read like?

mit

iTrader: (10)

Mine reads 7 bar when cold,then settles to 2.5- 3 bar when hot.