Mine too are noisy. I have been advised that you can get some stuff to put in the oil and run for a few hundred miles that might release them. Then change the oil for the thinnest that you can. Might work I suppose. I will be trying it myself soon.
Bri
Brian
June 2008
Hi Steven, if you engine has hydrualic tappets and they are noisy, it means they have failed and stuck solid, they need replacing!
nigel
June 2008
I can answer this question...
if the tappets on my subaru are hydraulic why are they so noisy?
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