Hey, could you guys help me diagnose this problem? I went to do my valve adjustment a few weeks ago, and the second intake valve on cyl #1 was fudged up. I couldn't get the feeler guage between the cam and the lifter no matter how I loose I adjusted the thing... I couldn't even get a .001 in there! Anyway, that is the only valve doing that, the rest of them adjusted just fine. The car also blows a wicked James Bond smokescreen anywhere above 5k rmp.

Stock jdm b16a.

 

Are you doing it in order from 1-3-4-2, if not, then you need to redo the whole adjustment to make sure they are all right, you can do two cylinders at a time on non-vtec cars, i dunno about vtec because i have never performed this adjustment on non-vtec.

 

ya, make sure the valves you are adjusting have the piston at TDC

 

all valves were adjusted in the proper order at tdc for each piston.

it was just one intake valve on cyl #1, the other other one adjusted just fine, as did all 15 of the others.

 

bumpity

 

any pics?

 

not really much to take a picture of :dunno: I can't see it helping... it looks like all the other valves, just the cam is touching the lifter


BTW, are you the dude I sold an ecu to way back when? James, right?

 

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perhaps the valves its bent... Im not sure why the lifter wouldnt move. although if it is that tight thats why its smoking. Its always open, not allowing to seal properly.

 

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i second that...