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 Posted: 04-23-2008 03:03 am
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Mark Nardi

 

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 Prior to reading today's reply, I pulled the valve covers off and checked the clearances.  They all seem tight.  The exhaust side (the lower side) has clearances that run between 0.006 - 0.008.  The intake side runs between < 0.004 - 0.006.  Could this be the cause of my noise? 

I'm thinking that my next step will be to pull the cam housings and try looking at shims.  Which leads me to worry if the valves are shimmed to begin with.  If not shimmed then is the only way to gain clearance to grind stems (which means pulling the head)?  Is there any way to tell if the valves have been damaged short of pulling the head?  Or should I put it back together and do a compression test?

So many questions....