well, it started by the turbo spinning up but the car felt like it was holding me back, then it kicked in and the boost threw me full whack. Few miles later the turbo still spins up but hardly any power in the engine and has developed an irregular tapping noise.

Took out the cam today to check if it was worn and it seems fine????2 of the followerswere really hard to get out and i have chewed them a bit with my pliers. would these have caused the irregular rattle??
would the problem above, loss of power, explain symptoms of simply new plugs and leads needed ???

finally now that the cam is out should I change the followers, lifters and tappets to eliminate them from the rattle noise

many thanks

a very confused Seanex

 

check the bottom of the followers that was hard to get out and c if there dished if they are thats your problem and you will prob will find you will need to change your cam aswell cause that will be worn

 

Cam seems fine,did you say you had a new cam to put in? if so put it in with new followers and see if it works if not get it to a garage mate.

 

ah ha, you are right. Just put a straight edge against the ones that were sticky and they are not flat, all the others are and they came out fine.

So i take it the cam is gone now. What would have caused this??
Do i need a new set of followers???

Cheers mate

 

well i say fine, dont know if its my eyes but a couple of lobes seem worn in the middle, not much at all but they dont seem straight, also i just check the 2 followers that were stuck and the bottoms of them are worn too!

Slowly but surely making progress,

 

change cam and followers you should find you will be sorted then