Date:         Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:10:33 -0000
Reply-To:     Phil Marston <pmarston@INSTECH.CO.UK>
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From:         Phil Marston <pmarston@INSTECH.CO.UK>
Subject:      Hydraulic lifter valve clearance settings on a 1600 aircooled
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Please excuse me raising this subject again but there has been so much too-ing & fro-ing that I just wanted to summarise what had been said in my own mind that I can actually go ahead and put it into practise this weekend.
When I recently re-built my engine I followed the Haynes manual when adjusting the tappets and pre-loaded the hydraulic tappets by getting to the point where the assembly took up all of the slack and then added a couple of extra turns.
It now appears that general concensus is that I should have in fact made not pre-loaded but instead backed off slightly & set a gap of about .006".
(This is with a cold engine that has been standing overnight).
Is this correct or have I mis-understood ?

I have not checked the compression yet with my present settings but the lack of power and ease of turning over the engine indicates that something is not quite right.
What compression should I be after with a new set of pistons, barrels & heads ?

Thanks in advance
Phil
81 Type 25


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