Ive every intention to start using my much loved but sadly neglected Elite tomorrow and after starting it last night it sounded quite tapperty although after 5/10 mins it quitened down alot but was still tapperty but more in the backl ground if that makes sense.....Cant remeber if the car has had an oil change in the year ive owned it so intend doing that tomorrow with filter then again in a week or two"s time.

Questions are...will run of the mill cheap oil do temparily (thought id use it like an engine flush) and would somewhere like part co do the filter or is that just Vauxhall dealer....also is there anything i can add to the oil to help with the tappets,assume they need either freeing up or cleaning 

So in essence i need an oil change very badly and id like to quiten down the tappets if possible....

Thanks for the speedy reply Hotel....looks like i"ll have to bite the bullet and go see vauxhall,will get TC via Autobarnstormers soon but for now its full price for me.

Wasnt going to add an engine flush as such just thinking about doing 2/3 quick oil changes to see if that helped things....then stick in genuine vaux oil for the last change.

Think id better sit down before phoning vauxhall.....

Ok i"ll think i"ll leave the oil till the trade card is sorted...£25.62 for a 5ltr can and £5.56 for a 1ltr and £5 ish depending on filter type  sounds a tad more than im willing to pay at the moment.lol

Oil,air and possible leads and plugs will be done when card arrives....then a nice shiny MOT and will be for sale.


Thanks for your advice Hotel...much appreciated