seeing as I'm crocked and can't make it out to the workshop I'm reading manual and, fatal mistake, thinking about things.
Would I be correct in expecting to go to thinner shims when doing valve clearances on an engine? ie expecting the clearance to close up rather than open out.
For some reason i would expect to be setting valves to the loose end of the scale - with a range of 0.15 to 0.2 you'd be aiming for nearer the 0.2 than the 0.15.
I've been talking to an old school mechanic who swears you should set clearances to the tightest end of the range - reckons where all the inlet valves are bang on the loose end (ie 0.2) they should all be shimmed to bring them to 0.15.
Bob
Would I be correct in expecting to go to thinner shims when doing valve clearances on an engine? ie expecting the clearance to close up rather than open out.
For some reason i would expect to be setting valves to the loose end of the scale - with a range of 0.15 to 0.2 you'd be aiming for nearer the 0.2 than the 0.15.
I've been talking to an old school mechanic who swears you should set clearances to the tightest end of the range - reckons where all the inlet valves are bang on the loose end (ie 0.2) they should all be shimmed to bring them to 0.15.
Bob
