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Old 04-08-2005, 10:18 PM
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Wow does adjusting valves make a huge difference!

I finally got around to adjusting the valves on the 84 300 D. I have put over 10k miles on her myself. I have every service record and dont see a valve adjustment entry. Well the car has always been fast but did not idle worth a puke when cold. Never much smoke and always started.

When I did the valves they were tighter than a old Banker. After adjusting, the car started right up and idled so smooth I almost fainted. It was Cadillac smooth. WOW I never knew the old 5 cylinder could do it. It is nice not to stop at a light and feel like you are in a paint mixer.

So get out there and adjust those valves.

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They definitely make a huge difference, I experienced the same thing myself last year. This year I intend to do it myself for the first time. Hopefully I'll get the time to do so within a month, if not then I'll just have to pay the mechanic to do it.
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Hopefully I'll get the time to do so within a month, if not then I'll just have to pay the mechanic to do it.
............yeah............now that you are a rich man.

You put that EGR kit in yet??
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Old 04-08-2005, 11:43 PM
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You put that EGR kit in yet??


I need to do mine! And the Valves...
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Old 04-09-2005, 07:04 AM
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I concur completely...The big thing I noticed that after the adjustment the car started up perfectly whereas before I had to crank and crank (bad glow plug) before it would run....
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Just a note for everyone that may not know when you are adjusting the valves you usualy are making them looser. As Mr. giant refered to "tighter than a old Banker" meaning they were tight b4 adjusting. A loose valve is a happy valve.
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I've been meaning to get this done myself...did you use the special wrenches? Is there a procedure poste somewhere?

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Old 04-09-2005, 10:28 AM
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pdxman, directions for performing the valve adjustments are all over this forum. Just do a search.


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............yeah............now that you are a rich man.

You put that EGR kit in yet??
Now that I'm a rich man... LOL

No man, I haven't killed my EGR yet. I'm sure you figured that I wouldn't have done it by now. I'm in the middle of that expansion I told you about. I should see myself having much more time in after May.
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pdxman...

do you work at PDX or just live in Portland???
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Live about 30 miles outside of Portland and commute into the city to work. Not at the airport (PDX) tho.

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