whitemistress2k

yeah i am tremendously... tell ya the truth though, i was already aware of ths part being a weak link on the motor, i jst didnt have anyone's car to compare it to and see if mine was bum ... but i greatly appreciate the advice and heads up on ths issue ... need to get another meet planned after WTD... 2 dang bad i cant make tht

MULDER

What all is involved in a valve adjustment and when do you know that you need one?

DrDre1443

After talking to two shop foremans and 2 different service managers, they both agree that honda's high-revving engines, like the GSR, Type-R, H22, and S2000, need to keep an eye out for the valves more often than what the service book says. Crown honda and hendrick both report that they get a regular volume of these cars in that regularly get valve adjustments every 30-40,000 miles due to the valves needing adjustment. Coupling the high revs with hard driving is the cause they say. The valves MAY or MAY NOT need adjustment, btu they said it's better to adjust more often than not. And since it's about 125 bucks, I may look into it more often or find a way I can teach myself.

The diagnostic includes an audible ticking noise, similar to the TCT, but more in sync with the "normal" noise of the engine, where the TCT noise seems to be a ticking noise seperate from the engine. If you get underneath the car and hold a hose to your ear and the other end to the bottom of the engine area in different spots, you can try to pinpoint if the ticking is coming from the cylinders. The valves will resonate straight down to the bottom. You can also listen this way from the top, but I had a hard time since I had a bad TCT and the fuel injectors are noisy.

I don't know how to do a valve adjustment. Considering the measurements can be so miniscule, you would need some special tools for alignment. Perhaps we need to go to wilmington for one of those tech days and find out how!