spartans2

is it necessary to do valve adjustment for my car as part of the 150,000 miles service?

someone told me that it is not necessary, but i wanted to get the community advice on this.

quickster

I could be wrong but I thought that year typically is hydraulic, so no valve adjustment can be done.

hondamark35

not the case. they are no different than any previous accord as far as adjustment (they do use roller rockers..). i'm not sure what you mean by hydraulic...

OP: there's no sense in not checking the valve adjustment while the cover is off. it's free aside from a little time investment and maybe some feeler gages if you don't have them already.

it should list the interval for adjustment in your owners manual.. but if you don't have it or you're unsure, go ahead and adjust.

quickster

I dont have that model, I have a 91 so I have to do them. I've just heard that "later models have hydraulic motors, so you dont do valve adjustments by design". I'll have to find a youtube vid with it. I believe you though. I'm just going off of what other people have said.

hondamark35

yeah, i'd love to hear what they're saying about that because this is the first i've heard of that.

spartans2

i heard something similar to this. which is why i asked because i hadn't heard anything like that before.
i asked my mechanic and he said that valve adjustment would be done with the service, so i guessing that its not mandatory, but if you can, do it.