Tapping noise

[win]

When my car is started from cold you hear a sort of tapping noise and when you accelerate. As the car gets warmer the noise is not as loud but you can still hear it. It does'nt seem to affect the performance much but its annoying. I've been told the valve clearences need adjusting but i'm not sure. Can anyone offer any advice? By the way its a 325 sport

Cheers

[mikey-t]

either valve clearances, or possibly slight air leak on manifold, like mine

[win]

either valve clearances, or possibly slight air leak on manifold, like mine

i don't think its blowing form the manifold as i just had the manifold gasket done

[mikey-t]

more than likelly valve clearance then,

[ifty]

i had my cars gaskit done but it started to make that noise after few months cud be a stud broken to

[dazleeds]

could you have left an old kidnap victim in the boot

[mikey-t]

yeah thats a costly mistake! *mental note*

[win]

i had my cars gaskit done but it started to make that noise after few months cud be a stud broken to

I don't htink its that cause i could hear it blowing before i had the gasket done but now there's no blowing plus its more responsive now. Its the tapping nose i think i'll get the clearances adjusted and see if that solves it.

[bmwe30mtech]

try owning a M40 1.8, constant tapping from cold to hot as it gets. Drives me crazy