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NoHaveMSG · 02-26-2020, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by fika84

Do you think it would be worth putting things together, lubing with oil and cranking the thing over 10-20 times with an impact or manually to try and get things to settle down?

If things are changing when you're manually turning the motor over then I would be afraid the valve clearance would grow quite a bit after the motor is fully installed and running for a little while. Do you plan on doing another valve adjustment/check after XXX mi (or km)?

Bucket/shim DOHC engines tend to decrease valve clearance as the valve wears into the seat.

Lantanafrs2 · 02-26-2020, 12:50 PM

The valve clearance shrinks initially as the valves seat but it shouldn't be changing while cranking the thing over with a ratchet.

fika84 · 02-26-2020, 12:50 PM

Makes sense

fika84 · 02-26-2020, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Bucket/shim DOHC engines tend to decrease valve clearance as the valve wears into the seat.

I suppose this is why it's best to leave them on the looser end of things.

Ultramaroon · 02-26-2020, 04:01 PM

Good chat, all. @bobel, thanks for starting this. Please stay in touch.

solidONE · 02-26-2020, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bobel

I really hope that’s not the case with my motor, I trust the shop I used they are very reputable and build a lot of race engines here in Ireland.

Also I’m seeing a similar thing across both heads, and I think it would be unlikely that all four cams or either of the heads are wonky.

I can really only conclude that the valves with the new beehive springs have seated/bedded slightly after the first turnover by hand. Given that the clearances that changed all narrowed to various degrees would suggest that’s the case, the only thing I noted too was that the lobes towards the front (timing gear end) dropped the most, and perhaps the Timing gear exerts a little leverage force on the cams and they sat down in the cradle journals a little too in the absence of oil pressure.

That's a good sign. Not super unusual. I say set the lash with them a bit loose. rotate. check the torque on the caps. rotate. then measure and record clearances. turn it again. measure to confirm recorded numbers.

Good luck.

bobel · 02-29-2020, 02:17 PM

Success today, Toyota came through and I got my shims yesterday so reassembled the engine , rotated it by hand a couple of times and all good, clearances held firm, currently sitting at approx 0.15mm on Intakes and approx 0.25mm on Exhausts.

solidONE · 02-29-2020, 02:52 PM

Hell yeah!

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