Capri Technical Forum:

Hi guys, thanks for your help before. It turned out my thermostat was blocked and the overheating blew my head gaskets. The new gaskets are coming on tuesday but i still haven't got a Haynes manual (Amazon keep screwing me over). Does anyone know the the torque settings and sequences for the head bo...

Thanks, i have looked at the rocker arms and they all move fine so i dont think its the tappet clearance. Theres no longer the tapping noise but it keeps evaporating all the water. Turns out it had the wrong expansion tank cap so i replaced that hoping it would stop all the water escaping after 5 mi...

cheers buddy, i'll have a look on the weekend.
Pete

Hi, this is my first post so bear with me and my incompetence. I have a 1986 2.8i with 147k on the clock (but she has been rebuilt after the 100k mark). I drove it back to uni last week and just before i got to campus i noticed a strange tapping/rattling sound. When i stopped there was some smoke. I...