Use "tappets" in a sentence

1. We had an interesting conversation in which their constable told me they were on their way to a suspect burglary and “who the f are we to f idle next to them whilst they were going so f hard that the vehicles f tappets were dancing on the bonnet in front of him!” I was sorely tempted to floor him but realised he was really frustrated with his lot

2. A strange, screaming, thumping, sort of sound issued from the engine compartment and I ducked as the bonnet shot high into the air, quickly followed by bits and pieces of the engine: pistons, tappets, valves and big-ends: filters, shafts, cogs and pulley-wheels, all cascading heavenwards in a shower of iridescent alloy

3. I explained about shot-peening all the surfaces of the rods, the balancing of the crankshaft, roller tappets, bigger inlet and exhaust valves

4. He listened to the whine, which might be the rear end, dry; and he listened to tappets lifting and falling