i recently adjusted my valves on my 01 civic with a 1.7 sohc vtec motor and i did it to the specs under the hood and i didnt have them too tight or too loose on the feeler gauge and they are pretty loud are these motors just that noisy? has anyone else adjusted them to something different that works better?
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1.7 SOHC VTEC? I thought that used hydraulic lifters with the small flat plates under the lobes like a subaru or the DOHC older style hondas no? Otherwise i've never adjusted those valves unless they are the same as my old engine like a 1.6 SOHV ---V for valves Where you adjust the top screw and loosen the nut then adjust with the guage. Question are you useing the manual while adjusting from Honda? You can't just take the valve cover off and start sticking the feeler guage at every spot, Do know where each piston is at and at what stroke? also don't get the adjustment wrong for EX. and IN. side because that will just mess everything up even more. Is it high mileage also? and if you know you did it right and it still sounds loud you might have a bent valve or just engine damage like piston slap or something else. I've never had to adjust the valves for that vehicle in all the years i've worked on hondas or acuras, even though they say to adjust every 100k or something we've never had one that was really loud in that model plus those engines are dirt cheap and easy to swap if any engine damage is done... But ya, the honda manual is best for step by step instructions specially when you have to check certain ones at certain piston positions and after you can learn a trick to do it even faster and you can check a few at the same time then turn the engine and check the other ones but theres not enough space to explain in detail if you don't know.... Good luck though....( and do not leave the guage under the valve while your tightening the bolt down, you will squish the guage and then your specs will be off to )
