DelSolSweetie Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 so i gotta get my valves adjusted and i was wondering if they were hydrolic and needed bled or whatever.. i didnt think they were just checkin though and is there anything special to change the distributor shaft seal? me and my brother in law are tearing into the car and fixing stuff this weekend so i was jw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastigir Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 so i gotta get my valves adjusted and i was wondering if they were hydrolic and needed bled or whatever.. i didnt think they were just checkin though and is there anything special to change the distributor shaft seal? me and my brother in law are tearing into the car and fixing stuff this weekend so i was jw Valve adjustment is a piece of cake, and should be done every 30k. The lifters are what would be hydraulic. The distributor shaft seal should just be a little O-ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchness Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Yeah, no worries about hydraulics. Just pop the valve cover off, set to TDC, loosen nut, adjust rocker, tighten nut, move to next. Cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelSolSweetie Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 yah i meant lifters.. haha.. i can never remember what my brother in law tells me... so i dont need to bleed anything for a valve adjustment? and i have the o ring just makin sure it'd be easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchness Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 No bleeding. The hardest part of the whole ordeal is getting the tolerances correct. I always adjust toward the tighter side of things just 'cause when I shoot for the middle of the road I somehow always end up with valve tick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repsol Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Mine are kind of loud, they need a good adjustment. Haven't been adjusted since I had the car, been about 47K miles. Doubt they were adjusted from previous owner. Going to take it to a shop. As for the distributor seal or whatever, I'm having the same problem, i'm leaking oil like crazy from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastigir Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Mine are kind of loud, they need a good adjustment. Haven't been adjusted since I had the car, been about 47K miles. Doubt they were adjusted from previous owner. Going to take it to a shop. As for the distributor seal or whatever, I'm having the same problem, i'm leaking oil like crazy from it. Why, valves are incredibly easy to adjust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelSolSweetie Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 yah i got the seal for like $10-15... i knew i was losing oil somehow but i didnt know where until i went to change the cap and rotor and found oil in it >_< but hopefully my baby will be all fixed on saturday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repsol Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Why, valves are incredibly easy to adjust. It looks really complicated, and from reading what lastresort said, sounds like semi-hard work. I don't know the first thing about adjusting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastigir Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 It looks really complicated, and from reading what lastresort said, sounds like semi-hard work. I don't know the first thing about adjusting them. No, it really is a piece of cake. You need a wrench, 10mm I believe, a flathead screwdriver, and a set of feeler gauges. Put cylinder #1 to TDC, adjust all 4 valves. Tolerances are available in a Haynes manual or similar. I want to say .0018" intake, .0022" exhaust. Hand turn engine 90 degrees, do next cylinder. 90 degrees, next. 90 degrees, last cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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