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[FezzyMK3.5]

Right the other day i went to adjust my tappets but messed them up ! this resulted in the engine making a clicking noise ( at the time i thought maybe bent valve) i then adjusted the valve clearances properly and now the clicking seems to have stopped ! However the car doesnt seem to be running right ! the exhaust seems a lot louder and the whoe bacbox is shaking there seems to be a more pressure than normal mayb !? the engine also semmed to be revving higher ! when i revved the car then the engine revs then seemed to cut down but then picked back up again slowly !
The only thing i can think of that ive done wrong is i need a new rocker cover gasket ! could this be the problem
If not, any ideas ...... ?

P.S the car does run it just doesnt seem right !

[DaveZetec]

does it seem to go a lot slower? you might have set them too tight

[FezzR]

could be gasket mate could still be in correctly set tappets
but from what u say al it is doing is revving better, and poor idle?

did u disconnect the battery?
how many mile have u done since u did the adjustments? could be the ecu relearning values

HTH keep updated

Ps hcs engines have a habbit of doing funny things every now and again, especially when i play with them

[8skellerns]

Did you connect the vacuum hose back up to the air box? Are the wires to the injector fouling the throttle linkages?

[FezzyMK3.5]

yea doesnt seem to be a major problem as first thought will check out all suggestions 2moro !
FezzR i havent done any mileage on it yet ! bit worried at first bcoz i thought there woz a big problem ! i'll check for all ur suggestions 2moro then give it a drive see wot happens !

[FezzyMK3.5]

right have looked into a number of the possibilities that were suggested !
all that is left is
to buy a new rocker gasket ! ( i will do this anyway as soon as i can get sum1 where to buy one )
the tappets maybe to tight !
or the only other thing ive heard suggested is that there might be a cam timing problem !

After running the car etc this morning it is defo not idling or driving right ! everything seems fine except for the way it idles its really lump the exhaust is shaking a lot and when driven i could feel the whole car vibrating and shaking with the engine !?

[Ollie]

Did you use feeler guages to set the tappets to the right gap?

[FezzyMK3.5]

yea used the feeler guages and the the settings listed in the haynes manual ! does it sound like they may be too tight then !?