Valve adjustment, yay or nay?
Currently at 114k miles on an 05 Ap2, I'm about to replace my Valve cover/gasket due to flaking, I had my valves last adjusted at 84k miles.
Would you recommend adjusting them again while I have the cover off? Or least checking specs? 30k miles since last adjustment. My thoughts say it isn't necessary, but might as well since the cover is off. |
They are probably fine but once you have the valve cover off you have done a lot of the work so if its me I would check the valve clearances, and adjust if needed.
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Yeah, I'd do the check, too. Getting the darn cover off-&-on properly is 1/2 (okay, maybe 1/3) the labor.
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Thanks everyone. I'll have them check the specs while theyre at it.
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Not sure who the "them" doing this may be. :) Engine needs to be cold on our cars. Other cars often need to be hot..
-- Chuck |
I my opinion if you spent a lot of time in VTEC you should inspect the valves and adjust accordingly. You need a cold engine to do this. If you have spent little or no time in VTEC, don't bother.
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Yeah, if this were diy, I'd definitely check. But if its a shop, guess what, they are going to either say a bunch of them needed adjusting and charge you, or not check them at all and say none of them needed adjusting (but charge you for checking).
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Definitely worth checking while the cover is off.
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