for a month or so my tappets have been not badly noisy but enough to annoy me, you know. Any way yesterday morning i thought ill stretch the cars legs for the first time, since ive owned it as i usually dont go above 4 and a half k. Well i took her to the limiter in 1st, 2nd and nearly in 3rd. When i pulled up in the car park the engine sounded fine. Does that mean it Needed the leg stretch and did it a bit of good, or is it time to change the tappets and followers? cheeRS