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Cheers for the input guys , had another couple of opinions , mre pointing to the liner and one saying it could be a little end, so the same as you guys are saying. Got a mate going to take the head off for me in a couple of weeks to have a better look and had a good quote from TVR to put top hat ...

Hi Perry,

its the same on petrol. That very kind of you to offer to have a listen. Let me know and I will pop it over your way. Im in Banbury

Changed the exhaust gasket, still clonking loudly.

Just gotta find a new block I can afford

RPI said the engine number is not theirs so not sure of its origin. All I was told is it was fitted approx 40-50,000 miles agowhen the car was at 80,000

very true but, the first one I spoke to, a mate works there and they had nothing to gain because they would not work on it because they dont work on cars with LPG

to me it does sound like a more solid clonk than tappets ive heard before. Seems about the same speed as a tappet rattle but more solid sound. Just had a complete cam kit fitted and its the same. :cry:
Oil pressure is fine, never had a water or oil pressure or cross contamination prob .
I cant ...

also, the other Rangie forums I am on have said on there that a slipped liner sounds like tappets except tappets are worse when cold and liner is worse when warm, that is what lead me to believe the mechanic .
but that other possibilities could be flywheel/loose torque converter, now im getting ...

Ah, ok, I have been told by 3 different "RR specialists" that a slipped liner , sounds like a noisy tappet/cam noise which is what it sounds like. Had a chat with the mechanic and he just dismissed my question about the gasket saying its defenitly a liner. So will pick it up from him later today as ...

yes, it is, as soon as it started to happen I had the engine flushed and an oil and filter change in case that was the cause. Just had a word with my mechanic mate and he is pretty sure it is a slipped liner , had a look at the exhaust gasket and no blackness around it , he said that they tend to ...

cheers for the quick response guys.
It is ok when cold but when warms up it sounds like a loud metalic clonking tappet rattle coming from the drivers side bank near the back of the engine. It becomes quieter when revved above 1500 revs but not totaly quiet. It has even been known to go quiet now ...

Hi guys. Have a RR P38 that has had a replacement engine by a previous owner who said it was an rpi one. It developed a loud rattle but no ther telltale signs of the possibility of a slipped liner. 2 friends of a friend that are RR mechanics were convinced it was the cam so have had the cam changed ...