I don't have my Bentley in front of me, but as I recall Bentley says adjust to zero clearance then an additional 2 turns in. I recall seeing a post by Boston Bob Donalds indicating he prefers setting to zero lash with no additional. On my old 2.0 aircooled, another manual said to use 1.5 turns as opposed to 2 turns recommended by Bentley. In no case have I ever seen .006 as was used on air cooled motors prior to hydraulic lifters. Steve Sandlin http://www.steveslockshop.com '84 Wolfsburg Westy '79 Transporter '00 New Beetle >From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> >Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Tight valves! >Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:33:15 -0700 > >Well, I finally got around to adjusting the valves in the '88. Up till >this >afternoon, I had been under the assumption (duh!) that the DPO had adjusted >them when he installed the heads. > >They were all too tight. Some just a little bit, but there were several >that were tight by several turns. > >Before I go out and blow the darned thing up by driving it, it IS .006" of >play between the valve end and the rocker, correct???? I remember some >posts speaking of 6 mils, and I'm not quite sure how that translates. > >Uh . . . this wouldn't, by any chance, be the reason it doesn't have >enough power to go down the road, would it? and could this have something >to do with it running rich, too? > >Karl Wolz _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
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