rattly startup

[ryana89]

Have a looks at this thread,

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...xes-62611.html

[86gti]

They rattle for a few seconds ( not mins ) if the lifters are a bit sick. Mine will have a little rattle for around 2-3 sec if it hasn't been started for a while. Just enough time for the lifter to fill up with oil. But if we are talking Minutes.... You have issues. New oil wont fix it..(unless it has none in it when it rattles).

[mashman]

cheers, guys, looks like lifter birthday time, have rebuilt lifters before on old race car on a budget, will have a look in book and see how much time to remove and replace if it take too much time to remove (time constraints). also have a sump gasket that i got from GAP earlier with other parts so will clean out aswell. it does only rattle for about 5 seconds or so (overatated at minutes) but the occasional rattle when warm and running is enough i will sort it out. Thanks for all the ideas and the link.