I'm getting a pretty bad tick from my left side valve cover area.

Anyone have experience with valve adjustments? Dealer-only repair?

What did it run at the dealer?

 

You sure its not an exhaust leak? Check to see if you have oil on your dipstick. Also make sure all your vacuum lines are connected properly. Ive been reading alot about seafoam. Look into it.

 

Oil is full.

Ugh, I'm sooo afraid to dump stuff into my engine.

 

Its totally safe and its been used for years. Its a petroleum based product. Por 1/3 into your brake booster line, 1/3 into your crank case, and the last 1/3 into your fuel tank.

look up some videos on youtube

 

I liked this guys video the best.

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Wait a minute... only a few hours before this post you were asking about the stuff in this thread https://g35driver.com/forums/engine-...does-work.html

a few hours earlier and you didn’t know about it - and now you're telling people to use it??? you haven’t even used it yet.

 

It’s not a quick or easy job... are you certain the sound you hear is valve tap? I've posted in a few threads regarding valve tap - I don’t have time to search for them, but if you do I'm sure you'll find them.

 

I searched your threads. I have a stethoscope at home (medical one, will that work?). Do I jut put it up against the valve covers and listen?

 

Make sure you're not just hearing the noisy VQ fuel injectors. They tick loudly. Always have. Take a really long screw driver and place it on the injector cap and place the handle up against your ear. I bet you it's the sound you're hearing. I've never heard of a VQ needing a valve adjustment.

 

My motor had ~75k on it when we re-built it and were going to do a valve job before I just went with GTM heads. IMO a valve job is a good idea @100k. It's a lot of work and expect to pay $1k+ for the labor.

 

I had already bought a can of it, thats why i posted a thread about it. I already used it on my Toyota pickup and had no problems doing so.How are you going to tell me i havent used it yet? Did you come over to my house and walk into my garage and see a full can of unused seafoam? Why the fvck do you all of a sudden care so much about what I am doing? Fvcking troll.

 

+1, mine does the same thing.

 

But you have time to see what im up to dont you.

 

just because you post bad info in threads that I was already subscribed to (and get email notifications on) doesn’t mean I take time "too see what you're up to"... I couldn’t care less about what you are up to.

 

mine ... but I doubt my valve tick is the same as ops

Over time the buckets do become worn and a valve job is needed... many miles though - I'm sure we'll start seeing more and more noisy valves now that there are cars racking up the miles...