mattspuma
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When I start my 1.7 Puma from cold, and begin to drive, there is a noisy ‘ticking’ sound from the engine. I don’t think its the tappets because the noise is only there (and gets much worse) when I’m applying throttle; tappets would probably be tapping all the time regardless of throttle right?
It goes after about 5 minutes driving but I don’t want to be doing any permanent damage. Otherwise the engine is fine, runs smoothly enough, doesn’t use excessive oil, and seems powerful, oil changed 2,000 miles ago.
I think the symptoms sound like ‘piston slap’ but Im no mechanic!
Has anybody else got / heard of noisy Puma engines from cold?
Thanks! :grin:
It goes after about 5 minutes driving but I don’t want to be doing any permanent damage. Otherwise the engine is fine, runs smoothly enough, doesn’t use excessive oil, and seems powerful, oil changed 2,000 miles ago.
I think the symptoms sound like ‘piston slap’ but Im no mechanic!
Has anybody else got / heard of noisy Puma engines from cold?
Thanks! :grin: