SO, a while ago i miss shifted and accidentally went into 2nd (instead of 4th) from 3rd right at rev limiter. Bounced and over-revved a bit before i put in the clutch, but nothing too dramatic happened.

No power loss and everything ran fine after but my engine was pretty noisy. Did some research and determined i needed a valve adjustment. Once i got the clearances back to stock, the "tick" went away and everything was great.

Problem is, a month of DD later and the "tick" comes back. I adjust my clearance again, "tick" goes away.. until another month or so

WHY DO I HAVE TO KEEP ADJUSTING MY VALVE CLEARANCE???

Valve springs / retainers..? Rocker arms..? I'd rather just fix whatever is going on before i adjust my clearance again (for the 4th damn time ahah..)

Any ideas??

 

You probably bent some valves...or something
You will need to remove the head to inspect the valves...

 

Really, bent valves? My idle is fine, no power loss :S I dont want to take my head off just to find that they're ok..

 

mabe there is a problem with one, ore more of your valve or valve seats...

you are lucky that you have only to adjust valve crearence...

 

Do a leak down test. Most engine I saw that over speed like you say it did end it up with a dropped valve in one of the cylinders.

 

Alright sounds good, i should be able to get similar results with a compression test eh? i dont have access to compressed air.. If it is off i'll take off the head and see what my valves and seats are looking like

 

leack down test is more accurate than the compression test, but i would suggest first do the compression test, because it is much easier...

 

Compression Test:
170 / 165 / 140 / 165

Looks like #3 took some damage after all.. I'll find some time next week to take the head off and check out my valves / seats

 

well done...

i hope you fix it soon...

after the job done and before you rebuild the head, do the leack down test...

 

Will do, thanks for the advice!