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Old 11-15-2013, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Jooseppi Luna View Post
I've spent as much time on this one valve as I have on four other cylinders. I'm turning the nuts toward the left of the picture below (looking from the driver's-side, turning towards the timing chain). I've loosened it this much several times and it's STILL too tight (.35 mm is the exhaust spec I'm using).

What is going on? Am I turning it in the wrong direction? Something else wrong? It is loose enough for the intake specs -- so it's not crazy tight -- but this is an exhaust valve.

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