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Old 07-11-2017, 12:39 PM
Maxbumpo Maxbumpo is offline
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Originally Posted by danielac View Post
It's been about a year and a half since my last valve adjustment, probably about due.
It is overdue, unless you hardly drive the car. Valves should be adjusted annually in the fall, or every 15k miles, whichever comes first.

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So do I just loosen each injector a half turn or so with the engine running the whole time, listen if the ticking stops, then retighten and move on to the next one?
Not the injector, the injector line. If the noise goes away, the problem is related to that cylinder and is most likely fuel related. If you find that loosening and injector line eliminates the noise, then you can try swapping injectors (need new heat shields) around to see if the noise follows.
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'87 124.193 (300TD) "White Whale", ~392k miles, 3.5l IP fitted
'95 124.131 (E300) "Sapphire", 380k miles
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