I am taking my 240-D to the dealer for a valve adjustment.
Can the valves be adjusted on a hot engine?
The dealer is 40 miles from my crib.
They say that a hot engine is not a problem.
I was told that the engine must be cold for a proper adjustment.
Anybody know fer sure?

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SLAPINASSPHALT

1974 Mercedes Benz 240-D
1991 VW ECOdiesel
1987 Buick Park Ave
1972 John Deere 116
1958 Case 300

Are they going to do this while you wait ?

If I were a dealer, I'd have you drop it off, and let it sit for a few hours, cool down, and then throw a technician at it...

-John

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The measurements are slightly different. Not that big of a deal.

Yup they want to do it while I wait.
I thought about dropping it off the day before too.
And I think I will.
Anything other suggestions/things to check while it's there?
(I am also having the timing chain checked.)
Thanks-D

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SLAPINASSPHALT

1974 Mercedes Benz 240-D
1991 VW ECOdiesel
1987 Buick Park Ave
1972 John Deere 116
1958 Case 300

I think it would be a good idea to have them check the chain tensioner if it is original equipment.

As an old VW guy I think they should be done Stone Cold... which means left overnight ...

hah! I did not know that Greg.... do you have a Beetle?

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quoting 240DieselDog: "...the 115/240D is a better car than any that have since been built - that's *any* car from any automobile manufacturer."

I have a 1952 MGTD replica on a 1971 Beatle chassis..which I made in 1980... but I drove a Karman Ghia for 8 years and Beatles for 10 before that.. then I discovered that the Subaru pushrod 1800 was the Beatle engine with its 8 major faults corrected.... and KEP makes an adapter to put that engine onto a VW transmission... so that engine will go into the Replica.. I have three spares of that engine waiting on the adapter...