[tcb] Re: Tighter valves?
- From: "w.wood" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:32:33 -0500
yes for everything from 40HP engine and up.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:30 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Factory on 1600dp says .006
>
> --- On *Mon, 1/25/10, Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
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> From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [tcb] Re: Tighter valves?
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 10:28 AM
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> My cam (webcam 119) called for .005 on the valves so that's what I've
> been adjusting them at.
>
> sammie smith wrote:
> > Julie: Will is probably the best expert on this list. The only
> > suggestion that I have to add is to adjust them at least every 3,000
> > miles (I do it every time I change oil which is at least every 3,000
> > miles). I don't really worry about them unless I have got one that
> > continuously tightens up on me, like particularly the #3 exhaust, and
> > I always adjust them to what I consider to be a "loose" .006, i.e.,
> > where the .006 feeler gauge will slip easilty through. Guess you
> > could also call it a tight .007.
> >
> > --- On *Mon, 1/25/10, w.wood
> > /<evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>>/*
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> > From: w.wood
> > <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
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> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Tighter valves?
> > To:
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> > Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 10:12 AM
> >
> > Also, the Early VW specs had the intakes at .004 for quieter
> > valvetrain operation.
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Neil
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> > wrote:
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> > I've always heard between .004 & .006...but it makes sense to
> > have 'em all the same whenever possible...
> > You do ask a good question...anyone got an answer?
> >
> > --- On Sun, 1/24/10, Julie
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> > > From: Julie
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> > > Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 6:10 PM
> > > Three weeks ago I put on my new stock
> > > exhaust and switched out my valve adjust screws which of
> > > course meant adjusting my valves.
> > >
> > > It is 1500 miles later and a beautiful day and I had some
> > > extra time so I thought I'd have a look-see to make sure
> > > everything seems ok. Here's what I found: the exhaust
> > > valves on 1, 2, and 3 were tighter than I had set
> > > them. I could not get the .006 feeler gauge in. I
> > > could get the .005 in but it certainly didn't slide in
> > > easily.
> > >
> > > Should I be worried? Is there something I might have
> > > done incorrectly? Should I take some action? (I have
> > > loosened the tight ones already.) What makes valves
> > > tighten?
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