Those things tend to pick up a bit of light tappet noise when ageing anyway. As a preventive I'd do a chain and upper rails with a new tensioner and replace the oiler tube plastic bits as well. These engines do tend to scuff cams and rockers when the tubes start to go south and leak.


Joe

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