Is it a big problem to have noisy tappets in your engine?
Diesels are normally noisy anyway - are you sure it your valve tappets? If so, they could be out of adjustment. Take it to a shop and have them checked and adjusted.
easy--change them
yes you do have to set the tappets
adjust tappets on saxo 1.1 and gaps
Yes, you can get a ticket for excessive noise.
Indefinitely, but you could create more damage to the valve train the longer you wait to repair/adjust the valves.
no unless you change the size of the rods
it normally means there worn and could do with replacing, however mine have been noisy for 3 years, my partner who's a mechanic never does any thing on my car unless he has to, so when he changes the oil he puts a bottle of STP oil treatment in with the oil. this tends to make it a lot quieter. good luck
if your mitsu grandis tappets are noisy, tek tek tek especially on idle change oil and filter and add pro-ma mbl8. mine was noisy and it went away like magic make sure you change filter could also be low pressure to lifters. I still have a black exhaust problem .... will sort it and post blog
Yes, to access the tappets(lifters) you have to remove the cylinder head.
There are two tappets per cylinder in that Dodge 4.7 engine, so the answer is 16.