Cooper99
Member
My 2200 TC suddenly made a loud ticking noise from the upper parts of the engine, but otherwise seemed to be running okay. After lifting the valve cover I think the inner (or outer) spring for one of the valves is broken. It's difficult to see if any are broken, but it is my assumption since the tappet is 'sunken down' even though that the camshaft isn't in contact with the tappet, and that I easily can lift the tappet up and down. I suppose that when spring tension is lost there is a risk that the split cones can have fallen off and that the valve is free to move up and down?!
Is it a reasonable assumption that a spring is broken, or can the cause of the 'free-moving' tappet be anything else?
Is it a reasonable assumption that a spring is broken, or can the cause of the 'free-moving' tappet be anything else?