216 tappets while running

[Bob McNeill]

I,ve found that the engine ran quieter and didn,t hammer the rockers or bell the valve stem, maybe our fuel is different, as this engine did not perform as well in the UK and France but once back in Aus settled down until it cracked a piston which allowed the little end bush to become loose and gouge the cylinder wall. A 216 engine I bought didn,t have the caps on the valves and to get valves out required valve stems to be ground to fit thru guides.