I need to take a look at the valves too.
I bought the wrench set but have yet to try them.
I have put about 12 or 13K miles on the car since I got it and it has
had several high speed highway runs including the weekend of May 18. I
drove it to the cottage on the Saturday morning and back to the city on
the Monday. About 175 miles each way at highway speeds ranging up to
about 70 mph or more when passing.
It ran fine and I think I noted earlier that it is interesting to just
listen to the engine as I don't have a radio or stereo in it at the
moment - just a hole in the dash where it should be - and the trip back
was just me so no one to talk to or listen to either.
Randy
On 29/05/2013 4:27 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
I'm amazed by bio-diesels quieting ability, even just B05 is stunning and the
change is quick.
Historically I've run a quart of motor oil through the engine (by dumping it in
the tank) once or twice a year, it also does a lot to quiet a noisy engine. Now
that I have easy access to biodiesel (well, it adds a bit to the commute so I
do it on Fridays) I'm going that route instead.
Another thing I've done when I noticed the engine getting rough was to put a
full bottle of PowerService Diesel Kleen (the quart bottle) into a 1/4 tank of
diesel and run that as far down as I dare. One time I did that it was like new
motor mounts in a bottle. I clearly had some crud in the system.
That said if your valves are more than 30,000 miles they MUST be adjusted
before bothering with anything else. I think the factory interval is more like
15,000.
-Curt
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