Thanks for your reply.

I've pushed each one down with a screwdriver, after turning over the camshaft by hand.

I've found some on the input side soft ie able to push the lifter down and the rest firm, not able to move the lifter at all. I'm guessing the soft ones are faulty then!

Edited by Dustyb on 14/11/2024 at 21:04

Replaced one injector with a new one but car didn't run right. Ended up replacing the other 3. All coded in. Injector deviations not great at first but getting better while driving the car. Main problem now is car making quite a load ticking noise, especially on acceration and when warm. Have changed the oil, oil filter, fuel filter, added fuel additive. Nothing has made any difference to the ticking.

I'm an enthusiatic diy'er and have been pulling my hair out for weeks, over this noise

p f jones

New, around £360

Didn't re cut the seats but well cleaned. New washers, seals and bolts. All coded in using vagcom

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That's why I've started looking else where. No marks on the lobes, car's done 55k miles.

Getting mixed messages, from reading online about lifters. Some say they should be hard and no play and others say different. It's a minefield.

7 on the input side are easy to push, 1 is hard. All 8 on the exhaust side are hard. Two days ago I've never seen a lifter before(ha ha). Looks quite a big job to get them out so was hoping there was a test to confirm if they were faulty first

How did you guess?

If you go to all the trouble of getting them out, is it worth testing them or just replacing them with a new set?

Also do you need to replace the "rocker arms" as well?