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Old 03-08-2016, 12:01 PM
WarTowels WarTowels is offline
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Valve Adjustment-

So I wanted to preform a valve adjustment as I haven't done one before and this is a great car to practice on all considering.

So I followed the guides to a T and adjusted 8 of my 10 valves. 2 were found to be in spec (both exhaust). I had several valves that were much too loose and several valves too tight as well. I adjusted the valves back to Turbo spec. Rotated the engine many times and triple checked the clearances. I wanted to be sure I had absolutely done it right.

Well everything is buttoned back up and when I fire up the car, the first second or two had a new hesitation to it. After that, it appeared to run identically to before the adjustment. I have no driven the car because of the aforementioned oil leaks. But sitting and revving the engine, everything sounds as normal. Shut the car off and let it sit for the day. Yesterday I fired her up again to see if that hesitation was gone and it still presented itself. It was just like a tiny hiccup and then the car ran seemingly normal.

Anyone have any idea what that might be? Should I have noticed a difference in the engine? (Some valves that should have been .1mm were .4,mm and .35mm etc) Should I just open it up again and recheck everything?

Thanks for the advice!
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