3t-gte EDIT: ticking noise

[Marvin.The.Robot]

I have just finished changing the oil in my 3T-GTE, and the engine is making a ticking noise.

when I drained the engine there was only 3ltre's of oil in it, and due to one or two oil leaks I decided to get a much thicker oil than normal, 25W70 fully synthetic,

the engine makes the ticking noise on idle and revs upto about 2-3k after that the engine is too loud to hear if it is still there or not,
I believe the engine is highly modified, was told that it has forged piston and rods, but the person who told me has lied to me about a few other things too.

also it's spitting out quite abit of soot out of the exaust

the ad for the car I purchased: http://www.toymods.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24361

[Kedderz]

tappets mate, noisy tappets. T series engine trait ;-)

Soot out the rear is running rich, what managment is it running and is it tuned properly?

[Marvin.The.Robot]

will having noisy tappets damage the motor quickly?

It has a haltech F10x ECU. I'm planing on getting it retuned within 2 months anyway when I get a new 2 1/2 inch exaust put on it. I'll be getting them to put an O2sensor hole in the dump pipe for the ECU, also needs a TPS.

[TheToyman75]

25W70 !!!

Dude thats some really think oil. Rather than dodge it up, fix the F#cking oil leak and use the right oil ! Personlly a good quality 20W50 would be my suggestion.

[79GT]

The 4tgte has noisy tappets, and its only done between 40-60 thousands k's from new. def a T series traight, dont stress about that.

Seconded....fix the leaks.

Jamie

[ONCE-NA]

Er, they don't have tappets, unless you consider the buckets to be that. And they would only be noisy if your valve clearances are too big.