noodels

That looks very very bad !!!

iamxpl

Those lock nuts dont require alot of torque. Did you do the order correctly when adjusting the valves?

weekendwarrior44

Yeah, followed a diy on here and went 1,4,3,2

weekendwarrior44

correction: they did NOT look like that when the adjustment was done, they all looked normal. after this happened, i opened the valve cover to look and i believe the valves were sinking in because they still looked normal but had TONS of clearance and play. in order for the valves to be closer to where they should be i had to adjust the adjuster screw that far in to where the lock nut was almost falling off (because the valve was sitting lower than it should). again when the adjustment was done everything looked how it should

weekendwarrior44

If you didn't touch them, and this is what happened on their own after getting valve work done at a shop, id be on the phone with them emailing this pictures and asking what they intend to do about this. This is not a typical problem. Never mind the fubar stripped threads which may or may not have been a result of self destruction, look at the lock nuts which show complete mishandling of a wrench. Again looks like real armature work here. Again, I would get on the phone with the manager/owner of that shop, send him the pics and push for them towing your car back to their lot on their dime and inspecting the issue, with the intent to repair what ever damage was caused by a clear botching of work on their end. After nearly a decade of being an active member on this website, I have never come across this particular issue/symptom before. It was clearly caused by human intervention/tampering at some part in the stage of events.
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Don't think you're reading right again. I set the valve clearances about 1,000 miles ago. I checked all 16 of them 2-3 times after all was done and verified they were all on the looser side while still being WITHIN spec. I'm thinking maybe i torqued down the locknuts incorrectly... I'm having it towed to the shop tomorrow morning
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I think I'm reading just fine, but maybe its between the lines I'm thinking you probably shouldn't do valve adjustments anymore based on what what's being shown in this thread. I hope no serious damage was done other then needing to replace your lock nuts and adjusters.
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well what i'm saying is that the valves did NOT look like that when the adjustment was done, i think i may have just over torqued them and if that's the case everything would've been fine if i torqued them right. other possibility is that the car overheated and caused the valves to sink and that's why they look like that now. the locknuts only look like that now because those two valves seem to have sunken in so i had to move the adjuster screw in much further to get the same valve clearance it had before,if that makes sense

VELART

This might be a dumb question but is it possible that the guys who replaced the valves used the wrong ones (length wise)? Could the car of run normal with the wrong ones in till they got loose?

kukudm

Maybe only you would know if this is a typo or not, but the correct TDC order I've read on all the DIY's here are 1,3,4,2. Not 1,4,3,2

Slowcrash_101

Honestly as long as the cam lobes are roughly 90° relative to the rocker arm you can properly adjust that set of valves. If the cam lobe is parallel or acting on the rocker arm you will never set clearance properly. When I do cylinder one I go to tdc then move the crank so the corresponding cam lobe is 90° relative to the rocker instead of the ~60-70 degrees when it's right on tdc.

s2000Junky

There is no way a valve would sink nearly 15-20mm (based on the pics of compensated adjusters) to then not make contact with the pistons at some point during the cycle, or better yet still be held by the valve keepers and retainers, unless the valve springs stayed compressed somehow by unknown forces. From the pics they do look compressed, but I attributed that to being overly tight from the adjusters and or cam lobe position. If you put the cam position in proper adjustment position for that valve and back off the adjusters, do the valves springs stay compressed? Maybe the springs are broken?

weekendwarrior44

No because I myself bought the OEM valves from the dealer and took them to the mechanic