My JDM EJ8

i just did my valve adjustment and it's ticking louder. I set the exhaust at 24 and intake at 19mm. i check some of the valve because i adjusted them and they were at 12 to 14mm

why is it ticking louder????

dtapia

what year ?
sounds like you did them wrong.

blueg6

what motor do you have?

http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/v...alveadjust.php

dtapia

did you use metric feeler gauges or std ?
0.010 and exh and 0.008 for intake

dtapia

sounds like he used std gauges and used the 0.024 and 0.019 which is way different

jax97hx

My JDM EJ8

its a 96 civic EX D16Y8, it has both on one, but it said .18-23mm (0.008-.0011in) and so on

dtapia

ok and you adjusted the valves cold or hot ? best results are cold under 100 deg's
and your sure you didnt get the exhaust and intake mixed up. just asking that's all not knocking you

My JDM EJ8

i was looking at the gauge all wrong but i fix it but still a little ticking (maybe knocking noise) but now i have to wait because the motor is not as cold as when i started adjusting them

dtapia

some noise is normal. some noise is better then none which would equal a tight valve train and thats not good for your car.

My JDM EJ8

good to know but im gonna double check everything tomorrow

evo_s_uck

ya i did mine when it was really cold outside and adjusted them all but they ticked when the engine finnaly got to temp but double tap everything hopefully its sumthin stupid n easy

BuiltCivic99

it was just done Wrong.

92ehatch

sounds like you set your valves on the loose side (even outside the range)

i would do them again with the proper feeler guages.

also, it is normal for these motors to tick, the injectors are very noisy. and if you have a vtec motor d16y8, then the LMA's can tick sometimes too.

its not bad, it wont hurt anything.

monkey_boi

problem solved i would just had put some dynamite in there and BOOM prblem solved...... ha ha ha ha

fin781

Double check your clearence.
Ticking is normal but excessive ticking is obvious.
Your injectors are audible as well so its not going to be quiet.
Just look over everything and upload a vid. if possible.