really weird valve adjustment...

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02-25-2008, 04:12 PM

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Chris's explanation sounds logical.

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02-25-2008, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 2poor2mod,Feb 23 2008, 08:35 PM

waiting for billman to respond

havnet see him post in a while.. where he been!! i think he jumped ships to BMW or something lol

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02-25-2008, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by R3DS2K,Feb 25 2008, 09:54 PM

havnet see him post in a while.. where he been!! i think he jumped ships to BMW or something lol

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02-29-2008, 04:57 PM

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hate to bring this back but I was hoping to also hear explanation from billman. I just checked again only 300miles later and valves are out of spec again..grrr.

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02-29-2008, 06:11 PM

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Valves should be adjusted at room temperature.

I did my adjustment at 10k, and am now at 85k. In that 75k period, I have adjusted ONE valve only .001.

Bottom line, the adjustment will hold for a long time. That is IF it's DONE properly, AND it's CHECKED properly.

I work on BMWs during the day, so I know what they are all about. With that, I will NEVER own one