Stake down kit
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Stake down kit
Hi all, On my way home from a friends I started to here a clacking sound coming from the top end of my 4.2 six 1985 xj. The first thing I thought was the tappet guides. I order a stake down kit. Their cheap enough. Am I right in this assumption? It’s quiet when it’s cold but after it’s run for a while the noise starts. Should I be looking for anything else when I take the valve cover off? Thanks in advance for any help.
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that is how my car was done in 1990, maybe that is why it cost so much.
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the tappet noise is more of a "click" rather than a "clack". But who knows, if you don't have the tappet holdowns, now is the time.
other noise makers are the timing chain tensioner and the flexplate bolts.
you'll have to do the tappet holdowns to see if the noise stops but the 4.2 liter XK engine will always have a clicking noise in the cylinder head.
other noise makers are the timing chain tensioner and the flexplate bolts.
you'll have to do the tappet holdowns to see if the noise stops but the 4.2 liter XK engine will always have a clicking noise in the cylinder head.
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