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Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:35 am

Gonna sound a really simple question but does anyone know the correct valve clearance for a 1600 single port engine, i've been told varying from 0.1mm to 0.15mm

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trav

Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:32 am

theres a little lee way

your engine prolly has .004 inches stamped on it
most ppl tend to go between .004 adn .006
i do .005, becuz i am not a decisive person

get someone to help you adjust them if you've never done it before, you'll learn fast

good luck

Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:52 am

.006"

Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:43 am

bill may wrote: .006"

ditto

Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:25 am

Since no one mentioned it.

0.10 mm = .004"
0.15 mm = .006"

Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:53 am

EverettB wrote: Since no one mentioned it.

0.10 mm = .004"
0.15 mm = .006"

thats a lot better for me, :wink:

Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:36 am

EverettB wrote: Since no one mentioned it.

0.10 mm = .004"
0.15 mm = .006"

actually,
.010mm = .00393"
.015mm = .00590"

not close enough for me.
get metric feeler gauges and be done with all this fake conversion junk. :)

Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:45 am

hazetguy wrote: EverettB wrote: Since no one mentioned it.

0.10 mm = .004"
0.15 mm = .006"

actually,
.010mm = .00393"
.015mm = .00590"

not close enough for me.
get metric feeler gauges and be done with all this fake conversion junk. :)

Well, yeah, but who's countin' anyway! :roll:

Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:51 am

67jason wrote: bill may wrote: .006"

ditto

Same here

Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:50 am

hazetguy wrote: EverettB wrote: Since no one mentioned it.

0.10 mm = .004"
0.15 mm = .006"

actually,
.010mm = .00393"
.015mm = .00590"

not close enough for me.
get metric feeler gauges and be done with all this fake conversion junk. :)

Yeah, obviously go metric if you have a German car but your math is off a bit. :)

Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:52 am

I definitely run all of them at .006" . Seems to purr real nice.

Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:33 am

EverettB wrote: hazetguy wrote: EverettB wrote: Since no one mentioned it.

0.10 mm = .004"
0.15 mm = .006"

actually,
.010mm = .00393"
.015mm = .00590"

not close enough for me.
get metric feeler gauges and be done with all this fake conversion junk. :)

Yeah, obviously go metric if you have a German car but your math is off a bit. :)

hmm, that's what the internet conversion table site that i used said.
maybe i shouldn't believe everything i read on the internet. :lol:

Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:14 pm

Cocoabean wrote: i do .005, becuz i am not a decisive person

same here

Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:28 pm

hazetguy wrote: EverettB wrote: hazetguy wrote: EverettB wrote: Since no one mentioned it.

0.10 mm = .004"
0.15 mm = .006"

actually,
.010mm = .00393"
.015mm = .00590"

not close enough for me.
get metric feeler gauges and be done with all this fake conversion junk. :)

Yeah, obviously go metric if you have a German car but your math is off a bit. :)

hmm, that's what the Internet conversion table site that i used said.
maybe i shouldn't believe everything i read on the Internet. :lol:

From a 'significant figure' standpoint 0.010mm == .004" and .015mm == .006 ... if the feeler said .0060 or .0040 you would have a point to make but it doesn't. Plus, the 7 hundred thousandths or 1 ten thousandth difference in the .004" and .006" measurements are absolutely insignificant for this application.

Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:31 pm

I was waiting for someone to get "Technical".

Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:39 pm

Where can I get a set of splash pan bolts with the 9mm head?

Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:40 pm

Major Woody wrote: Where can I get a set of splash pan bolts with the 9mm head?

I ain't telling. :wink:

Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:11 pm

DaveM wrote: the 7 hundred thousandths or 1 ten thousandth difference in the .004" and .006" measurements are absolutely insignificant for this application.

and here i thought you were a perfectionist. i guess i was wrong. :wink:

(by the way, the one feeler gauge i have -as an emergency spare- has the following printed on it: .006" / .152mm)

Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:19 pm

According to my conversion program:

0.15mm = 0.005905494 inch
.006 inch = 0.1524 mm

0.10mm = 0.003936996 inch
.004 inch = 0.1016 mm

and as far as being a perfectionist, I would be more of a perfectionist holding true to the significant figure issue than to try and measure something to an illogical tolerance.

Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:31 pm

my valves thank me every time i adjust them metrically. :D
they get sad if i have to use american conversions. :( they complain like "what the hell are you doing to us? that's not how we like it? darnit, where are those Hazet feeler gauges, they feel so nice."
so next time i have to adjust them, maybe you'd like to feel the wrath and hear the scorn of my unhappy valves? :shock:

i didn't think so.
:lol: