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Originally Posted by jonathan180iq
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Originally Posted by OldNTired
Today I replaced my 22mm socket (don't ask, but never lend!  )
and tried to check valve setting.
I could NOT get a (any size) feeler guage under either exhaust stem.
Yes, I have in the past, but today it just didn't happen. Amazing.
So, tomorrow I'll try again. It might just have been me today.
But how could the thing have run?
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Well, as long as the engine was cold when you did the check, then I'm pretty sure you'll get the same results tomorrow.
That would certainly explain the overheating issue... Now, not to be ominous, but I really hope that overheating issue hasn't also lead to something warping which is why you now have an oil leak from the top end. Very similar thing happened to me in a Geo Metro Convertible. I took the previous owner's word that his repairs were solid when I bought it. The timing wasn't set right, combined with an air leak, and before too much longer, I had a warped head on my hands and a seeping oil leak from under the cam seal when the engine was running. Not the way I had planned on spending my student loan refund. |
Finally had some time today without rain and such!
Those valves were so tight it took a while to get them loose enough to adjust.
Set both to 4.5. Double checked them.
Then, I washed the engine. Powdered it.
Put everything back together, and started it up.
It ran fine! A bit mre noise than before the adjustment, but that is OK.
Ran it for about 15 minutes until the rain started again, varying the speed
between low idle to about 3500 RPM,,
but no leaks!
Tomorrow we are supposed to get 'heavy thunderstorms', high (60mph)
winds, large hail, and lightening.
Still, hoping to get a break in there to take it for
a longer ride on the highway. Temp they say will be 90 (heat index of 100), and it will
be humid, so it should duplicate the conditions of the other day.
PS for Water Warrior: The powder made the bike smell nice.