Could my engine be cammed?

[Jack Gilbert]

Hello

i might be making an idiot out of myself but here goes


My old engine died about 6 months ago I then brought a second hand engine off ebay which claimed it was fine with no knocks or anything, I have no reason to dis believe this as the company seemed to be a respected "ebayer"

after having the cambelt and dephaser done I installed the engine started it up and it was making a sort of knocky tappy noise backed up by a lumpy idle there has been evidence of the rocker being off in the past aswell, I might be clutching straws but just wonderd that after reading a certain type of cam can make a tappy sort of noise?

what are people's thoughts?

I have also had the car plugged in and it didn't throw up any fault codes,

The tappy knocky noise is not bottom end it is towards the top of the engine aswell!

look forward to hearing people's responses

​jack

 

[Gaz.]

Could be any number of things. Tappets tend to make tappy noises in the head.

 

[Cookson]

Dephaser deffo done?

Got oil p to it before firing?

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Prob just lack of oil top end from sitting with no oil in! If it wasn't stated as 'cammed' chances are it wasn't mate !

 

[Jack Gilbert]

Yeah the dephaser is deffo done, and yeah I have had it running for 20 minutes so surely oil should be around engine now? :O

 

[jonny6]

No mate , can take a while for certain lifters to fill up and quieten down .

 

[Jack Gilbert]

How long do people reckon to leave the car running for? I am certain it isn't dephaser as when it gets to temperature it doesn't make the diesel noise at all

 

[Gaz.]

Running a different oil? I've noticed before different oils can make the tappets noisier or quieter when cold.

 

[Martin_172]

who done the belts? done properly?

 

[Jack Gilbert]

10w40 oil and the noise stays even when car is up to full working temperature, and yes they were done at my local renault dealer

hoping it might just go but it's definitely a strange one! The electronic fault light is on too the one that looks like a loaf of bread could it be to do with Vvt solenoid?

Thanks for replies

​jack