so my 99 em1 with a b16a2 has alot of valve chatter when its cold, a friend of a friend quoted me on 90-100 dollars for the adjustment. is this fair or should i go somewhere else?

 

chatter is normal when cold but you still need it done if you havent for awhile. its fair. its alot of oil hands and leaning forward hurting the back its worth it.

 

alright thanks for the input

 

my friend got his valve adjusted at a local honda dealer for 80 plus tax.

 

I just did my valve adjustment a few days ago myself. Not hard at all. Just a bit time consuming especially on the intake valves because of the s*it that's around the intake manifold.

 

yeah just do it your self save the money and youll feel better about it cause you did it

 

My ls has the same problem. I've been searching off and on for a while now on a good write-up on how to do-it-yourself.

 

haynes or any manual will give you the steps in adjusting the valve lash

 

for real i would reccomend getting a chiltons and a the gap tool prbly about 35$ altogether. Super minor just my take some patience. lol and the hurting knees sore back. lol

 

i just did my valve adjustment last week. you need a special 10mm wrench to adjust the valves on vtec b-series engine. go to c-speedracing.com & check out the how to do section.

 

what's the worse that can happen with really bad valve lash?

 

i don't think you'll do any damage (other than maybe excessive wear on rockers from slapping the valve stem...) if it's too loose. your valves won't be opening as soon or as far as if it's adjusted properly.

if they are too tight though, the valve may not go fully closed, you loose compression and burn up the valve.

there could be more i'm not thinking of too...

 

i dont think you NEED the special wrench, but i know from doing k series and d series the tool makes it a hell of a lot easier, its worth the 15$ at like checkers. I believe were talking about the same tool. if were not i apologize.

 

On my d-series non-vtec I used a 10mm closed wrench and a screw driver and it worked fine.

 

thanks for the input everybody, i think i will try to do it myself because i know that valve adjustments really aren't that difficult. ill look into the tools i need but if i just need a 10mm wrench and screw driver i already have that. just need to get a feeler guage