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Hi there, i got offered a 1990 BMW e30 318i in manual for a very cheap price. Its in good condition inside and out, but i took it for a test drive and it had a very loud taping/ticking noise all throughout the revs and also while idleing. It smoked a bit, not too bad though.

I've been told that this noise can be tappets, valves or low oil pressure?

Is this a common problem with the older BMW's? Any help would be appreciated, cheers.

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Hi there, i got offered a 1990 BMW e30 318i in manual for a very cheap price. Its in good condition inside and out, but i took it for a test drive and it had a very loud taping/ticking noise all throughout the revs and also while idleing. It smoked a bit, not too bad though.

I've been told that this noise can be tappets, valves or low oil pressure?

Is this a common problem with the older BMW's? Any help would be appreciated, cheers.

Tappets is very very common, but more so with the 2.0 and 2.5L engines.. The 1.8 should have hydraulic lifters, and therefore you cannot manually adjust them. There are additives you can get which fix them temporarily however..

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It is most likely sticky hydraulic lifters, you can get additives to help clear them, but imho, I'd be getting the rocker cover off and having a good look. What can happen is for the oiling bar to get clogged and not oil the cam properly causing wear on the cam. Needs a look I'd say.

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Don't add the additive, makes a mess of everything, we had an E30 touring M40 into work couple weeks ago with the same problem, had to flush the engine due to the additive and then replaced the lifters (cam in place), a lot cheaper than most would think and afterwards was very quiet.

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Its done 230km and he wants $1800 for it?

Seems bout right, the touring we did had 350k on the clock.

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