I came home on Sunday and finally decided I needed to adjust the valves just so that I could rule out them as a problem. In case anyone does not know, I have been experiencing a very noisy engine. In fact I thought that I had a loose rod or something. Upon examination of the valves, turns ou that #4 and #6 exhaust valves were REALLY tight. So much so that I could not get a feeler gauge in there.

Anyway fired her up this morning with no problems. After warm up I can barely here a ticking noise. I may have loosened a intake valve too much.

I am so happy I could kiss this computer. Next up: timing. Then onto camping with my honey!

 

what engien are you working on? a 22r? re, or a v6?

 

My guess is that it's a V6 but you need shims to adjust the valves.

 

No, it is the 4. I loathe the six. I would rather put in a corvair engine before I would even look at the 6.

 

Yeah it's a PITA to work on. I did an injector swap that took 7hrs but I ran into problems and it was my first time. Dealer quoted 4hrs to do it.

 

did you use a write up to do it if so which one, i think i need to do this

 

I'm pretty sure the 3.4 uses lifters instead of rocker arms like the 22re's do. Lifters make it a real PITA to adjust the valves.

 

Yes, the 3.4 uses the hydraulic lifters. It is possible to DIY, but not easy. I had to take mine to a machine shop!