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<x-charset iso-8859-1>It should Idle better now, the FI is critical to intake valve adjustment... HOWEVER, due to this your intake valves need to be at .006, the factory reccomended clearance. Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf ?? Next ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Wodkowski <wodkowski@mac.com> To: Type3 <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:58 PM Subject: [T3] Valve check and a little reminder. > So, I finally had a chance to look at my valve clearance (Keith said it > sounded like I had a loose valve). > > Popped off the left side valve cover and well now don't that beat all, the > lock nut for the #2 intake valve was lying at the bottom of the cover! > Needless to say it was loose as all getout. All the others were fine, with > #3 and 4 intake a little on the loose side. Tighten those locknuts good! > > All valves are now at .004 on the intakes, .006 on the exhaust. > > Just a reminder to everyone to lube their front axles if you haven't done so > this year. It needs to be done to keep our precious front ends intact. Those > parts are hard to replace. I make a point of doing it every fall. > > Cheers! > Mike > -- > Mike Wodkowski > 72 SQBK > Brooklyn > wodkowski@mac.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > > </x-charset>