I have search but came up empty. I was wondering if anyone has the valve clearnace specs for our cars? I have a 1.7 EL (same as a civic EX i beleive in the states). It's a 1.7, SOHC VTEC with 127 hp. My valves are ticking and i am thinking a valve adjustment is due.

Thanks.

 

It's more likely that you're a little low on oil. I've found the D17's to be notorious for valve noises.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by toyomatt84 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's more likely that you're a little low on oil. I've found the D17's to be notorious for valve noises.</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, oil level checks out. Hell, i think i overfilled it by a tad if anything. So the D17s are known to have noisy valves?

 

How many miles?

 

Only 29k miles.

 

30,000 miles isn't unheard of for a first valve adjustment. The first valve adjustment mileage varies due to how much the metal changes due to expansion/contraction.

 

Yeah, i will check it out this weekend. Valve adjustment is pretty easy....i have done it on many B-series before.

BTW - valve specs: 0.007-0.009 int, 0.009-0.011 exh. This was taken from a honda shop manual.