NA8 tappet noise, which oil?

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Re: NA8 tappet noise, which oil?

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Postby project.r.racing » Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:19 pm

I have a old BP engine sitting up agains my garage wall with 265,000km on it. HLAs never made noise.

$157 including shipping if you wanna replace them:-
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/90-93-1-6-Ma ... 3cae2d2fdc

Also, there was mention that there is no service history for the past 30,000km? Go bet this is the reason for the noise.

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