I need some guidance! I decided I was going to do my valve adjustment this weekend on my 03 si and of course ephatch has been out of commission.

I have no idea what the specs are for the intake and exhaust valves or what the torque spec is for the valves once you re-tighten them, or for the valve cover for that matter. Is there a proper order you have to tighten those down in? (I had a miata that had a specific order you had to torque the valve cover down).

I am also doing my pcv valve and maybe the serpentine belt also this weekend but think I can manage those on my own.

Help?

 

if ephatch is up i think the how-to is on there.. or get manual, that works too.. make sure to get those spark plug ring gaskets too.. first time i did it, i didnt know i need those+the valve cover gasket.. lucky me honda had them in stock..!

 

Ive got all the stuff to do it... well except the silicone and I am going to replace the spark plugs too - have to get those. I dont have anywhere to buy the manual - unless my local auto store has one. I live in a TINY town where everyone drives chevy trucks (lol).

Does Honda carry it?

And I have the how-to on ephatch bookmarked but its not doing me any good right now

 

You might be able to find an electronic copy of the Helm's manual on clubep3 or k20a.org.

I would not advise starting this without having the specs on hand.

 

Sweet! Thank you for the heads up on that - I downloaded it but the bad thing is I cant print it.

Ill have to write it down by hand.

But its better than nothing.

 

your gonna just need spark plug tube seals and a new valve cover gasket broski amd just tighten them upp to spec

 

Was wondering... Why would you need "spark plus tube seals"?... If you don't change them, what could happen?

 

oil will leak down on top of the spark plugs

 

yeah my rule when working on anything is that if i take something apart that has a gasket of any kind, i always get a new one on there, besides they are inexpensive and you never know what kind of damage you can cause by removing them...

 

1. broski?

2. I didnt know what the SPEC was till I got the manual downloaded

3. I had everything I needed - I ended up buying silicone to put on the 4 points on the valve cover also.

#3 and #4 had slightly loose intake valves, so I tightened them up just a hair. The car seems a little more smooth.

For the drive belt do I just remove the auto tensioner pulley and then replace it once the new belt is on? The manual seems a little vague in that...

 

^ i was just calling you brotha lol thats all sorry for my lingo

 

lol its all good. bump for drive belt question..