My car HATES the cold!

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Christ my car hates the cold. Listen to this from thismorning.....

http://premium1.uploadit.org/simonds1//ColdTappets.mp3

Stunning innit! Shocked

Sounds like a bloody bag of shite! Admittedly it does go after about 5 or 6 minutes, but still! Rough as a badger's arse! Anyone else's tappets this bad on cold morning starts? Or just mine?

I'll be guessing just mine Rolling Eyes

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

mine was having ECU issues in the cold, last two days where the car has been frosted over the ECU light on the dash would just flash and the car not start, remove the ECU and warm it up with a hairdryer, put it back in the car and she would start lol

today i removed the ECU and removed the 'resist' from it, gave the pcb a good clean and touched up any dodgy looking solder joints, redid the thermal paste and put on some better 'resist'

that should help it out no end in the cold mornings

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 589

You got a K&N on that ??

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

I have got a Pipercross, roddy. Used to have a K&N but I found the pipercross to be better

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

mine soundsl ike that all the time.

mainly as im to lazy to sort out the clerances.

my car dont like the cold either, i have a drain on the batt somewere as everytime i start get the typical

wur..wur..wur

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 569

Mine hates the cold too.

If you're driving along from cold and drop the clutch the revs drop to 800 then slowly drop down and down to 200rpm then the engine stalls Rolling Eyes

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Doh. Well I can't change the clearances on mine, cuz it's a 19 with the hydraulic tappets. I assume they're knackered, and there's a set of 16 brand new hydraulic followers on ebay for Â£69 which I've ben tempted to get for a while. That should shut 'em up!

Assuming I haven't got another problem that is Rolling Eyes

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

oh ffs dont buy new tappets! If you think theres a problem, take them out and clean them.

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Yeah but Neal, I'm not as clever as you guys lol. It's like if I clean the ones I got and put 'em back in and they're still noisy, that will only get me to the situation of wondering if I'd cleaned 'em right or not. Whereas if I put new ones in and it's still noisy, then I KNOW they are not the problem. I'll have a word with me mate anyway. If we ever finish his prelude, I'm sure he'll give me a have to do 'em. But until then, I think sorting MY car is the last thing on his mind lol

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

simonds1 wrote:

Yeah but Neal, I'm not as clever as you guys lol. It's like if I clean the ones I got and put 'em back in and they're still noisy, that will only get me to the situation of wondering if I'd cleaned 'em right or not. Whereas if I put new ones in and it's still noisy, then I KNOW they are not the problem. I'll have a word with me mate anyway. If we ever finish his prelude, I'm sure he'll give me a have to do 'em. But until then, I think sorting MY car is the last thing on his mind lol

Clean them till their spotless Wink

Easy

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

you sure you have not got a td or something .

my chamade starts and runs suprisingly good in this cold weather ,thanks to he new battery i suppose .never had tapping problems either ,the engine must be well mint to my luck Very Happy

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

either that or its saving it all for one big catastrophic explosion.

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 1141

mine doesn't go at all at the moment, haven't investigated as to why, just went to start it today and it just turned over, checked for spark, fuel pump primes etc so thats another job for Thursday, think its having a tantrum 'cos I've been driving the Volvo all week and didn't take her out over the weekend like I promised. lol

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Yeah but schaks, on a summers day when the weather's okay, it's as smooth as a baby's ass like. It's just this time of year (2nd winter I've had the car) it's always been like this. Just gets tappy & generally noisy. But once it gets going it's okay like. Just a bit painful to listen to starting off!

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

This might be a bit too obvious, but maybe its like that becuase the oil takes longer to get up to temp?

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

ayee i hate the fact that she warms up too late these days and i cant dare to rag her ,bless Very Happy

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

JB's sounds worse, his rattle all the time and he cleaned his.

Mine are silent always Razz

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

mines ok if i drive it evryday if i left it standing for a couple of days then the tappetts are really loud

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

touring_19_16v wrote:

mines ok if i drive it evryday if i left it standing for a couple of days then the tappetts are really loud

Exactly the same here mate. When I drove to essex to stay with a mate at uni (327 mile drive from here), she was running as smooth as hell by the time I got there like. Didn't use the car for a week while I was up there, started it to come home and it was tappety, and then smooth as hell by the time I got home again.

So when it's used & is warm, it's fine like.

It's good to know somebody's sounds worse than mine tho Laughing

But that still doesn't really mean mine is good! doh

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

i styarted mine for the 1st time in a month or so and it was silent straight away. What oil and filter are you using?

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

i iz using gtx magy 10/40 and gen ren filter when it comes to oil filters ive neva bought a patternd part dunno y