The zc has been ticking lately and i'm too lazy to fix it if its not really a problem


Installed a dc header a few months back so the gasket might be leaking or something...... or i need a valve adjustment.... i dunno.


Now if the exhaust is leaking who cares, right? but if the valves need adjusting am i causing any perminent damage by not fixing it


btw - b16 is calling my name

 

Why would a leaky exhaust gasket cause ticking?

 

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i dunno.... but thats what i found with some searching that i did

 

Do you know how to adjust your own valves?

Easy way to see if the problem goes away I guess, even though I dont know how myself

 

adjusteding your valves is really no big deal
all you really have to do is the following:

turn the crank so that the cam shaft loob is point in up
stick the feeler gage inbetween the cam shaft and the rocker thing ( that the techincal term )
than do these a total of 4 times cus 2 loobs will be up at the same time
its 1.5mm on the intake cam
and 2mm on the exhaulst cam

O and to adjust the valve when the feeler is in the you losen the bolt (its a 12)
then un screw the screw or tight'n it to fit the gaug it should be tight but still move in and out

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