Was bored today, so I decided to degrease the #3 cover on my engine, as it was inexplicably greasy.
I figured I just had to retorque the valve cover bolts. Well, after taking off the IC pipes and unbolting the coilpack, I start pulling the spark plug wires. HOLY Crap! EVERY single plug wire was submerged in oil. Not wet or oily....submerged. The enitire spark plug valley was completely filled with oil to the point of overflowing! Well, I start removing the valve covers, the #3 cover, and begin sopping up the oil. in fact, there was so much, I began by siphoning the oil out.
So when i was done, I decided to check the valve clearances, and head studs before buttoning it all up, since I'm in there and all. Well, the valve clearances are almost all too loose and out of tolerance. And so I begand the valve shim shuffle- measuring clearnces, writing them down, removing the shims, and calculating the new arrangement. After doing that, and reinstalling the cams, I torque down everything, and start retiming the cams/ crank, After doing so, I run it through a rotation with a wrench, to verify there's no slipping. Only problem is- the engine stops turning- it's locked up! Now what? I inspect the cams, and discover that the #2 exhaust valve on the #5 cylinder was left out of the shim party! GREAT. SO....I spend the Next hour untorquing and removing the exhaust cam, and the reinstalling and retiming. I just finished for the night, and I still have to set the cps and reinstall the valve covers, timing cover, IC pipes, coils, etc. I just hope that I get it all perfect before trying to start it. I'm tired. 7hrs total.
:: angry ::
I figured I just had to retorque the valve cover bolts. Well, after taking off the IC pipes and unbolting the coilpack, I start pulling the spark plug wires. HOLY Crap! EVERY single plug wire was submerged in oil. Not wet or oily....submerged. The enitire spark plug valley was completely filled with oil to the point of overflowing! Well, I start removing the valve covers, the #3 cover, and begin sopping up the oil. in fact, there was so much, I began by siphoning the oil out.
So when i was done, I decided to check the valve clearances, and head studs before buttoning it all up, since I'm in there and all. Well, the valve clearances are almost all too loose and out of tolerance. And so I begand the valve shim shuffle- measuring clearnces, writing them down, removing the shims, and calculating the new arrangement. After doing that, and reinstalling the cams, I torque down everything, and start retiming the cams/ crank, After doing so, I run it through a rotation with a wrench, to verify there's no slipping. Only problem is- the engine stops turning- it's locked up! Now what? I inspect the cams, and discover that the #2 exhaust valve on the #5 cylinder was left out of the shim party! GREAT. SO....I spend the Next hour untorquing and removing the exhaust cam, and the reinstalling and retiming. I just finished for the night, and I still have to set the cps and reinstall the valve covers, timing cover, IC pipes, coils, etc. I just hope that I get it all perfect before trying to start it. I'm tired. 7hrs total.
:: angry ::
