RE: 4.7L tapping @ start up

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (fasstdak@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 29 2004 - 15:10:52 EDT


Yes...they do.

- Bernd

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of andy levy
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:43 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: 4.7L tapping @ start up

Al Figols wrote:

> My question now is.....does the 4.7L have hydraulic
> tappets or solid tappets? Could there be anything
> else in the valve train of these engines that would
> sound the same? Should I even be concerned about it
> or is this just another odd noise that I'll have to
> learn to live with with this truck? Keep in mind(for
> those that don't know)that the 4.7L is the overhead
> cam engine and is very different from the 5.9 and 3.9
> engines which most, I would assume, are more familiar
> with.

Do OHC engines even have tappets?



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