I have a 1986 Granada, 2.0 SOHC manual 150,000 miles, I believe it's been well serviced but definitely has the original engine. It's always had a bit of a ticketty engine but in the last 6 weeks its got really loud, almost becoming a knocking sound. Sounds like it's comin from the rocker box, constistent with engine speed, regardless of temperature, gets louder under load. There's no smoke from the exhaust so I thought it might be the tappets. I checked the clearances which were OK, no valve obviously sticking or anything like that. I turned it over with the rocker cover off and there seemed to be plenty of oil getting up there as well. Only thing was, the cam lobes are all more worn on one side than the other (toward the rear of the engine). Is the cam shafted :)? Also, I can actually wiggle the valve end of the tappets from side to side when they're not being depressed, does this indicate excessive wear as well? Whats the learned advice out there? Please don't advise me to scrap it or take it to a garage, I'm skint ;). Thanks in advance..
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20 years ago