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Re: Rocker help

Subject: Re: Rocker help
by Travis93 on 2009/3/26 18:50:20

Thank you very much for the responses.

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anesthes wrote:
When you adjust them running, the motor really needs to be hot.

When I tried adjusting with it running it was not hot that could be a problem. I don't think I would have any oil left running it that long without valve covers on.

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Midnight85 wrote:
First off, are you running a hydraulic cam?
Crane suggests 1/2 to 1 turn after zero lash. I had to do the full 1 turn on my engine but there is no valvetrain noise. Also don't mistake injectors clicking for valvetrain noise.

I got the cam from Lloyd Elliot I believe he said it was a hydraulic it was marked LE1.6 if that helps. I am also using stock lifters. I was seeing suggestions of 1/4 to 1/2 turn after zero before to I went with 3/8 to start with but this last time I went to 1/2 maybe I just have to go more. I tried your method of adjustment last time and felt the most comfortable with it so that is probably the way I will go again. I did change the injectors with no change in sound and using the stethoscope I can pretty much pinpoint exactly where the ticking is coming from

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CFI-EFI wrote:
I have never heard of a noisy rocker being a rocker problem. It is always a loose valve adjustment.

The fact that yours makes noise indicate that you didn't miss zero lash and tighten them too much. At this point, I think I would simply tighten the noisy lifers with the engine running to assure you had found and corrected the problem.

Well this is encouraging maybe I dont have to spend more money, just figure out how to adjust rockers properly. Do you agree that the engine needs to be hot to adjust running? I guess I could warm it up then pull the covers off its just that the worst one is under the alternator, couldnt be the easy side could it.

Thank you very much for the help.

D36