I hesitate to answer on the valve adjustment, but was curious about typical WBX engine sounds. (I now own a WBX Vanagon) Youtube.com has videos of various Vanagon WBX engines running. Obviously lots of variables in cameras used etc. but theses videos may give you an idea of what the engine should *generally* sound like. Neil On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Dan Barrett <dbx@pobox.com> wrote: > Folks: > > I'm adjusting the valves on my ten year old Boston Bob 2.1 with about > 60,000 mi on it. I followed Ben's guide > (http://benplace.com/1700valves.htm) and tightened the adjusting > screws 1-2 turns in past zero lash. This helped a lot, adding 20lbs. > of compression on cylinders 1 and 2, making the engine easier to > start, and idling closer to 900 rpm than it had been. > > But, two problems: first, cylinders 3 and 4 lost about 15lbs. of > compression each. Second, I still have a lot of valvetrain noise from > both sides of the engine. > > Do the results on cylinders 3 and 4 mean that I've moved the adjusting > screws too far in and need to back out towards zero lash? And is the > valvetrain noise just the way things are with a broken-in boxer? > > Best, > d. >
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