tighter valve clearance

**baludoy** · September 9th, 2016 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by lowslowbenz

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What car?

civic fd 2.0 siya bro

**lowslowbenz** · September 9th, 2016 06:55 PM

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These Honda's have hydraulic valve lash adjusters. No adjustment required IMHO.

I'm not that sure though.

**LN106G** · September 9th, 2016 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by shelu

mga guru, hingin ko lang opinion ninyo regarding valve clearance adjustment. nagpa tune up ako ng sasakyan ni mrs, isuzu XUV matik. sabi ng mekaniko, higpitan ng kunti ang valve clearance, from 0.16 to 0.14, para maganda ang takbo. nagtanong ako sa mga isuzu owners na nandoon at nagpatune up din, ok naman ang feedback, bumilis daw ang sasakyan nila. ang problema, nang magawa na ang sa akin, pakiramdam ko, kumupad at hirap sa arangkada. wala namang ibang ginawa kundi ang valve clearance. chances are, yon talaga ang culprit. magkaiba ba talaga ang effect sa manual at matik? ok naman sa manual, makupad sa akin na matik. feeling full of regrets...

The best thing for you to do is show your mechanic your owner's manual the OEM valve clearance range. By experience kasi, medyo too proud mga backyard mechanics na akala
mo alam lahat ng specs (though hindi nman lahat). If your mechanic does not like to see your manual, go look for a better and more experienced one. With old school diesel, if you err with the valve clearance, it is better to have a slightly loose than a tight valve clearance. Check also your manual if it requires the engine to reach operating temp before adjusting the valve clearance, if so and your mechanic adjusted it while the engine was cold, then definitely it will be tight when the engine reaches operating temp. One more thing is, it might be that your mechanic's feeler gauge is out of specs or baka nman alam nya yung valve clearance specs in inches but his feeler gauge is in mm and hindi nya alam i-convert. I have seen many backyard mechanics with this situation...