Recently did the headgasket on my b25. I got the head cleaned and resurfaced. The machine shop also pressure tested it and it had no problems.
After I got everything back together, I did a valve adjustment and fired her up. Still pretty noisy.
Let it cool down for a while, did another valve adjustment, then turned it back on.
So my question is: does having a clean head with less gunk floating around make the clicking noisier? should I keep trying to adjust those valves till it goes away? are there other problems that might cause this? from what I've read, sometimes the eccentrics get a notch worn in them, but that isn't the case here.
Edit: after firing it up and letting it run warm a couple of times, I realized the sound isn't the usual valvetrain click, it's more of a clunking sound. It goes away once the engine warms up.
After I got everything back together, I did a valve adjustment and fired her up. Still pretty noisy.
Let it cool down for a while, did another valve adjustment, then turned it back on.
So my question is: does having a clean head with less gunk floating around make the clicking noisier? should I keep trying to adjust those valves till it goes away? are there other problems that might cause this? from what I've read, sometimes the eccentrics get a notch worn in them, but that isn't the case here.
Edit: after firing it up and letting it run warm a couple of times, I realized the sound isn't the usual valvetrain click, it's more of a clunking sound. It goes away once the engine warms up.
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