11-02-2006, 11:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York State
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Car: 1984 Camaro Engine: 2.8L V6 2BBL (yeah I know...) Transmission: 700R4 automatic | Doing the valve lash
okay....was almost there with a running engine...and then there was valve trouble.
I have never seen a harmonic balancer with two timing marks in it, but guess what, I have one on my new[used] 2.8. The second mark is thinner than the TDC mark, but it's there. What really sucks is that in setting the valve lash and turning the engine over, my assistant and I mistook the odd mark for the correct one (adequate lighting would probably have helped). So the valves are all out of whack now. Funniest part is that the engine started and ran like that. While taking out the rest of the lash in the rocker studs, with the engine running, the motor stalled and didn't want to restart. I'm not getting a happy feeling from that...
So I guess the question I'm beating around the bush to ask is: Is it possible to bend valves while adjusting the valve lash? | | | |
 
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