Ok, I apologize in advance for the newbness of the following post.....
I adjusted the valves on the B34 for the first time ever today. It's also the first time I have ever adjusted valves period. Needless to say I took my sweet time and checked everything 3 times. All in all it took me about 2 hours to do. It wasn't terribly difficult, just very time consuming. I adjusted them to .25 cm from the rocker to the valve. I fired it up and it was significantly less noisy. However, it does seem as though one of them still makes noise, but I can't pinpoint it. I took the valve cover off again and rechecked, all are in spec. As I rev it up it gets louder and at about 3k it sounds like it did at idle with the unadjusted valves. Additionally, at idle the car seems to lope a bit, almost as though it has a mild cam. The engine shakes a little bit as well, though I am sure that is being amplified by the solid engine mounts. It doesn't sound like it is misfiring, just a bit lopey. Is this normal? I don't really have anything else to compare it too and the youtube videos just aren't the same as standing next to an engine running. For what it's worht I will try and take a video tonight. Any ideas on what to check/do?
I adjusted the valves on the B34 for the first time ever today. It's also the first time I have ever adjusted valves period. Needless to say I took my sweet time and checked everything 3 times. All in all it took me about 2 hours to do. It wasn't terribly difficult, just very time consuming. I adjusted them to .25 cm from the rocker to the valve. I fired it up and it was significantly less noisy. However, it does seem as though one of them still makes noise, but I can't pinpoint it. I took the valve cover off again and rechecked, all are in spec. As I rev it up it gets louder and at about 3k it sounds like it did at idle with the unadjusted valves. Additionally, at idle the car seems to lope a bit, almost as though it has a mild cam. The engine shakes a little bit as well, though I am sure that is being amplified by the solid engine mounts. It doesn't sound like it is misfiring, just a bit lopey. Is this normal? I don't really have anything else to compare it too and the youtube videos just aren't the same as standing next to an engine running. For what it's worht I will try and take a video tonight. Any ideas on what to check/do?
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