[tcb] Re: Tighter valves?
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:22:59 -0800 (PST)
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> wrote:
From: w.wood <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Tighter valves?
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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 <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Tighter valves?
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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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