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Old 09-26-2006, 06:23 AM
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Valve lash will vary with the temp of the engine. Be sure your valves were set on a warm engine. I am sure your engine guy knows all this but it is real easy to miss a valve or two when you are adjusting them. There are some prior post that have been made as to the sequence to adjusting your valves. You can check his work without doing any more than removing the valve covers and using a feeler gauge to confirm your gaps. I like to use a $5 remote starter to bump the engine over from one valve to the other.

Once you check a valve for it's gap use a little lacquer thinner to clean off a space and use a Silver sharpe' to write the gap on the side of the rocker arm. I am not sure what cam you have in your car but I bet your clearances (gap) will be between .020 and .025.


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