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tappet clearance

Post by coldspark » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:04 am

i am wondering whether we need to adjust tappet clearance during major service. mine car reaching 200k...

Any views on this?
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Re: tappet clearance

Post by lucasrock » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:52 am

coldspark wrote:i am wondering whether we need to adjust tappet clearance during major service. mine car reaching 200k...

Any views on this?
Yes....better to do after every 80k :D

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Re: tappet clearance

Post by WIl_ron » Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:28 pm

lucasrock wrote:
coldspark wrote:i am wondering whether we need to adjust tappet clearance during major service. mine car reaching 200k...

Any views on this?
Yes....better to do after every 80k :D
is it a expensive and time consuming job?
need to change gasket at the same time is it ?
estimation of $$?
thanks....

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Post by coldspark » Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:31 pm

bro lucasrock, understand it is adjusted by turning the stud screw which is then locked by the nut. Will the gap run off ?

Next question, if we change to a mild cam, is the tappet adjustment different if compared to using a stock cam?
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Post by Aslam » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:30 pm

Heard from gurus if not done properly may cause further complication. If mileage approaching 160k and have not encountered any tappet noise, is it essential to have the valve adjusted then?

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Re: tappet clearance

Post by jchuacl » Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:29 pm

Just do it. I done mine at 160k and the af mixture becomes leaner and the engine is quieter as well.
coldspark wrote:i am wondering whether we need to adjust tappet clearance during major service. mine car reaching 200k...

Any views on this?

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Re: tappet clearance

Post by pReTeNd3R » Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:39 pm

jchuacl wrote:Just do it. I done mine at 160k and the af mixture becomes leaner and the engine is quieter as well.
coldspark wrote:i am wondering whether we need to adjust tappet clearance during major service. mine car reaching 200k...

Any views on this?
which workshop did you go and whats the price & downtime?
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Re: tappet clearance

Post by jchuacl » Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:30 pm

I did it at MR together with my regular service. Think they needed 1 hour, price was ard 80+ if I recall correctly.
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jchuacl wrote:Just do it. I done mine at 160k and the af mixture becomes leaner and the engine is quieter as well.
coldspark wrote:i am wondering whether we need to adjust tappet clearance during major service. mine car reaching 200k...

Any views on this?
which workshop did you go and whats the price & downtime?

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Post by A3r0MaN|a » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:48 am

my car reaching 90k and this is the first time i heard about adjusting tappet clearance. is it essential to adjust?

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Post by jchuacl » Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:15 am

Not mandatory but good to do it based on what I see for the AFC readouts on my Blitz R-vit.

But you'll need a workshop who knows how to do it properly or else you can be screwed if they didn't do it properly.
A3r0MaN|a wrote:my car reaching 90k and this is the first time i heard about adjusting tappet clearance. is it essential to adjust?

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