Ford KA

These are usually noisy due to lack of servicing.

inlet 0.2 exhaust 0.3 mm

look up the details using the registration info on DVLA licence check.

Mrcheerful

Thank you for speedy reply Mrcheerful...would these settings be with a Hot or cold engine please?

Terry

And again, in English this time, please....

cold engine

snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) wrote in news:1i7fnf4.1ql7husqcooa1N% snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk:

Ask Mr. Cheerful, he seems fluent. ;-)

I thought I got the gist of it.: A rattly old KA has come into the family, no V5 yet, what are the valve clearances and are there any variations (in valve clearances) between years? (if so how do you tell?)

I didn't think it difficult to understand, but then I'm not SteveH so can't comment on his reading abilities.

Mrcheerful ("Mrcheerful" ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

It's a Ka. Of _course_ the tappets rattle.

It'd be more worrying if they didn't.

Did you know that if that engine has the oil changed on a very regular basis (6 monthly) they don't get noisy? It's true, I have seen ONE, it sounds like a little sewing machine!!

Ours was quiet, too - oil changed every 5,000 miles (inside every three months, over the top but for a price of fuel I figured it was worth it), otherwise serviced as standard.

If some Moppet didn't write it off at the ~82K point I'd still be running it now with ~125,000 on the odometer. And I'd still expect it to be quiet.

They're never brilliant though. They apparently can be fine as long as the owner was a virgin grandmother who changed the engine oil and adjusted the clearances every time she drove it, but generally there'll be some rattling as it's not a brilliant engine.

Thank all for your sensible input...

Terry