HI, My 2000 tj solara sedan has,had,has that tapping noise from top of engine,had mechanic do this, he cleaned the main oil pick up thingy inside the moter said it was nearly covered with sludgey stuff...then he changed the timing belt,and some idle tensioner thing.....it sounded ok but after a week the start up tapping returned but goes away after a few minutes...sorry the engine has 197 klms on it....tried all the oil additives,like nulon quiet lifter and liqui molly engine cleaner and lifter quitener, also using 10/40 nulon synthetic oil,.....but through the day sometimes it starts with no noise mostly.....its very annoying as this car is so reliable,sometimes it starts with a noise and if you turn it off and on real fast the noise goes away....but then there is that tapping sound which goes away after a few minutes.......had a dude from the drag racing scene look at it and he thinks a lash(?) (kinky huh? adjuster is the problem, he thinks some crap could be inside it or a broken spring?...Is a lash adjuster(omg thats funny) very expensive to fix?.......can you fix one or do you have to change others?......any help plze guys an gals is most welcome.......thnx

Mate you posted this in the first gen section where as your car is a third gen :)

Use the search function as it most likely been covered before. If it anything like my old tr magna when i start it I let it run a bit and tappet noise goes away as the oil got to flow around the oil paths in the head. Then it fine, Im getting use to fact the car does what she does :/ Just remember your TJ is a third magna and it needs to be posted correctly in the right forum section as you will get no help general as first gen is a bit off a no mans land. :)

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