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Originally Posted by kach22i
1. Make sure you are not 180 degree out of phase, the rotor contact should be pointing towards #1 cylinder. If you go past your pulley tick mark, you must turn the engine twice around as going only once will put those valves 180 degree out of phase. To get back in phase go only once around.
2. I had the same problem my first time and on my first cylinder, could not fit anything in there and had no idea what was going on. The reason an engine can sound more smooth and less noisy when in need of a valve adjustment is because the clearances can close up tight (doing some wear damage). You need to loosen the adjustment nut and reset. Alternately you could skip that first cylinder and do it last, on the chance the second one in firing sequence is not so tight and easier to get your method down.
3. I would re-torque the head studs first, I choose to do it a few pounds less than spec so I would not snap any by accident.
4. My first time took 2-1/2 days with a good day of that just cleaning off the gunk and carbon with cleaners. Take your time, pretend you are getting paid by the hour and not the job.
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Thanks for your input, I'll try a couple of other cylinders and see if anyone is easier. Like you mentioned, it would be nice to build some confidence before tackling a full reset
I left my Bentley manual in the garage so I can't check right now, but can the head-studs be re-torqued without dropping the engine?
2 days sounds reasonable and I'm in no hurry really. I'm just getting a bit worried that the valves might have been burned, only bought the car this summer so I don't know the last time the valves were adjusted. But there is nothing I can do about that now so...
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Originally Posted by kodioneill
I do a partial engine drop. It helps because you don't have to raise and lower the car or get up and down from a sitting position. Well worth it considering how easy it is to drop the engine.
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Unfortunately I don't really have that possibility due to the garage I'm in and lack of some important tools.
Cheers, Björn