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[bappy]

OK... the faster the engine spins, the faster the ticking might this still be the tappets? If so am I likely to have done them damage or will new gaskets be likely to fix it?

A couple of times when starting up again after a long drive (ie when the engine is hot) it has been really lumpy for about a minute then settled down, I don't know if thats connected at all to the ticking or if it's my leads starting to break down with the oil leak.

Any garages around portsmouth/southampton that know what they are doing with these engines??? (X30XE) I think I'm in a little over my head now.  

[JamesV6CDX]

I personally would do breathers and gaskets at the same time.

That way you won't strip it down twice!

[ians]

I would do breathers first given your time constraints - and its not a seven hour job -what gave you that impression?

Ideally you do all at once as James says but I'm not sure that is realistic when doing it for the first time in 3 hours.    If your breathers haven't been cleaned then they do need doing no question about it.

[Taxi_Driver]

generally, manifold ticking quietens down when it warms up.  Followers possibly sound likely

I concur, manifold ticking on my 2.2 goes after about 30secs of engine running from cold.

[dbug]

OK... the faster the engine spins, the faster the ticking might this still be the tappets? If so am I likely to have done them damage or will new gaskets be likely to fix it?

A couple of times when starting up again after a long drive (ie when the engine is hot) it has been really lumpy for about a minute then settled down, I don't know if thats connected at all to the ticking or if it's my leads starting to break down with the oil leak.


Any garages around portsmouth/southampton that know what they are doing with these engines??? (X30XE) I think I'm in a little over my head now.  

If speed of ticking increases with engine revs likely to be tappet/follower.  Normally will quieten down when warm.
When i first had my V6 had noisy tappet when cold - 2 oil/filter changes later - quiet.

[bappy]

intersetingly, the tapping suddenly stopped yesterday and hasn't started again. I guess a delayed reaction to an oil change? anyway I'm happy about that. What Im not so happy about is that my local vx dealership quoted me £184 for a set of gaskets for ONLY ONE BANK OF THE ENGINE!!!!

anywhere I can get these gaskets online for a respectable price??? cheers!