I'm just curious if I could be losing power because I need a valve adjusment. And how necessary is it to get a valve adjustment if you need one?

 

yea that will make you lose power, i think that having it out to far it could damage things...im not sure.

 

yea it can cause lost of power bad gas maliage ect.....the way you know you need one is if you can hear you valves clicking when the engine is on....theres no way you can not notice it because it gets annyoing after 5 minutes.

 

I get a ticking but that's only from a cold start. After its warmed up, the ticking stops. Any ideas?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Iomega01 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I get a ticking but that's only from a cold start. After its warmed up, the ticking stops. Any ideas? </TD></TR></TABLE>Could be valves slightly out of adjustment, could be a mild exhaust leak, or your rods/pistons making noise before you have adequate oil pressure or expansion.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Iomega01 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I get a ticking but that's only from a cold start. After its warmed up, the ticking stops. Any ideas? </TD></TR></TABLE>

my car does the same thing

 

is it necessary to change the valve cover gasket when doing this ? or can I reuse my gasket and what about the liquid gasket ?

 

isnt the ticking noise the fuel rail ticking?

 

Sorry about taking over with a question but does this also cause bad gasmileage ?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Lauj87 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea it can cause lost of power bad gas maliage ect.....</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

you should always replace the valve cover gasket when you remove the cover - unless you're constantly doing so and have a fresh one there.

even then.. if you're currently having problems, better safe than sorry.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MrAngry &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should always replace the valve cover gasket when you remove the cover - unless you're constantly doing so and have a fresh one there.

even then.. if you're currently having problems, better safe than sorry.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i normally replace mine after i remove the valve cover like 5 or 6 times.

 

I plan on doing it myself. I never done this before, could I fucc anything up? I have a manual. Any tips or tools you guys recommend me doing/getting before I do this ?

 

feeler gauges and a good manual. pay attention to the instructions and dont over tighten the nuts on the rockers, i dont use a tq wrech on those bolts i just put my hands close up on the wrech so i dont have much leverage( i only do this on my car).

 

do i realy need that lock nut tool ?

 

http://www.c-speedracing.com/h...t.php

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redDAinteg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do i realy need that lock nut tool ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

as pictured in the c-speed article you might need the lock nut wrench for a gsr engine because you cant get to the rockets like you can with a ls engine.