mikhsoj

Just called my honda dealer and they said $150 for valve adjustment and im wondering if thats a good price for this service?

SUPERAnimal

Ya that sounds about right to me. When i worked at a honda dealership we would
charge 1.5 and 2.0 depending on the car. I'm sure people can do it faster and some
will complain about the labor time but it sounds pretty reasonable.

mikhsoj

u think i can talk them down to $100?

turbo_slug

yes if you want the job done half-assed...

suzuka-blue-s2k

You want to know a secret? Its not that hard to do a valve adjustment at all. Best of all, you will save $100! I dont let shops touch my car unless I absolutely have to. (i.e: Alignment) If you really can't do it, $150 is fine.

nartnailuj

how easy is it

nartnailuj

I went to a semi-local shop that specializes in s2000, nsx, and all that good stuff. They quoted me at least 3 hours (1 hour for cooling) and 150 an hour!!!

I much rather hit up my dealership or just do it myself

zeroptzero

I don't have anything against Honda techs, and that isn't too bad of a price IMO, however I prefer to do valve adjustments myself.

Too often with a dealer job you are getting a valve clearance inspection, they just check all of the clearances and make sure they are within spec. The spec range of clearance is fairly broad, so they may only end up adjusting a few valves that are found to be out of the spec range.

When I do mine I make the effort to have the valves on each bank equally adjusted. A dealer job may end up adjusting a couple valves on average just to bring them back into spec, whereas I might adjust 9-12 valves trying to make them relatively equal. This helps to ensure that the low speed cam lobes on the VTEC system operate as engineered with the staggered lift profile of the primary and secondary lobes. It should also keep the engine running as smooth as possible.

If you hire a mechanic to do yours ask if they can spend some extra time to make the clearances equal across each bank, even if you have to spend a bit more money I think it is well worth it, rather than just doing a clearance inspection.

jesusS2K

Sorry to steal the thread but I've heard about valve adjustment and I'm not sure exactly what it entails or when a car needs it. I have an 07 S2000 with only 10,000 miles on it and bone stock. Would I need to do this? I dont reguarly hit redline usually shift below 6 or 7 grand but sure I've hit the limiter maybe a handful of times. Car doesn't feel weird or anything but is valve adjustment a maitinance thing and if so how frequent should it be done?

suzuka-blue-s2k

Not hard at all man. I'm 18 and I have already replaced my shortblock, performed all the maintenace, and all the service things such as valve adjustments myself. Just get you a cheap set of feeler gauges that you wont mind bending up. There is a DIY thread somewhere that I followed the first time I ever did it. Made it a breeze. After a few times, its very simple.