adjusting valves

[beejay31000]

i need help!!! my valves are annoying and keep ticking away on the passenger side. i want to fix it, knowing that its not hard, but i want to follow steps to ensure that i do it correctly. anyone know a site i can look at that will explain to me? plan on doing it tonight if anyone wants to help. if you have any advice call me at 850-748-2813

 

[wickedstangs]

BJ you do not have adjusting type roller rockers. Your are pedastal mount. I would have to stop by and listen to what you are talking about.

 

[beejay31000]

i know....look at the time...i wrote that before i talked to you... this weekend i will just have to tq them down, as for last night, i just painted a lot of stuff in my engine bay. i'll post pics soon...i am jsut afraid something is going to break..i keep hearing a ticking from the passenger side at half throttle or more. this weekend i wil try to make it over to your house if thats cool emilio so i can show you what i am talking about

 

[wickedstangs]

ya that is not a problem.

 

[wikedcobra312]

man, i hope everything is okay, ticking would scare the shit out of me....literally

 

[beejay31000]

it does...something in the back of my mind thinks its an exhaust leak from the header...but it is so quiet i cant tell.

 

[Foxman]

Nitrous will fix that right up!!!! lol j/k!

 

[Windveil Blues]

Any loss of power or performance? Could be a spring starting to weaken.

Jim

i know....look at the time...i wrote that before i talked to you... this weekend i will just have to tq them down, as for last night, i just painted a lot of stuff in my engine bay. i'll post pics soon...i am jsut afraid something is going to break..i keep hearing a ticking from the passenger side at half throttle or more. this weekend i wil try to make it over to your house if thats cool emilio so i can show you what i am talking about

 

[Foxman]

what is milage... If its a roller motor i dont think the springs are shot...they normal last a while... but hey alot of over reving could destroy just about any valve spring... Just check and see, pull the valve cover off and see if there are any bent pushrods or broken valve springs.. or shit just a rocker that backed off..

 

[beejay31000]

i think there is....doesnt feel as smooth as before...it surges kinda...almost like it misfires...

 

[beejay31000]

just had them off yesterday and they appeared to be good...i am gonna take it over to emilios this weekend and let him check it out....the more i hear it tho i think its an enhaust leak and that would mean there is something else wrong thats making it misfire...

 

[Windveil Blues]

Worst case scenario, could also be a flat spot on the camshaft... I hope not, but the possibility does exist. Have you run a compression test yet?

Jim

 

[Windveil Blues]

Is it throwing codes?

Jim

just had them off yesterday and they appeared to be good...i am gonna take it over to emilios this weekend and let him check it out....the more i hear it tho i think its an enhaust leak and that would mean there is something else wrong thats making it misfire...

 

[Foxman]

back to the roller thing, not really common to flat cams with roller, but i could happen......Milage? Do you have headers? Do a compression check or leak down test first. unless your positive its exhaust leak... did anyone of the valve (rockers) seem to be really loose, or did you just look at them?

 

[Windveil Blues]

I'm totally with &y on this... I would do a compression test before I did anything else.

Jim

back to the roller thing, not really common to flat cams with roller, but i could happen......Milage? Do you have headers? Do a compression check or leak down test first. unless your positive its exhaust leak... did anyone of the valve (rockers) seem to be really loose, or did you just look at them?

 

[beejay31000]

mileage: 116000, none of them felt loose at all. it is throwing a code for my O2 sensor voltage, but thats it. yes i have headers. this weekend i am going over to emilios and i will have him help me out on this. i am not too familiar with the fox yet to tear it apart. another possibility i think is that the 2 are unrelated. i hear the exhaust leak, but the "misfire" could be from my distributor, when i repainted the cap the other day, the rotor and cap looked pretty worn. i could even check the plugs. the wires are pretty new tho

 

[beejay31000]

thanks for all of the advice guys...it really helps

 

[Foxman]

the miss fire im sure is un related to the tick... you probably have a exhuast leak and it could make the car feel like its stumbles... I would go and by a cap, rotor, Plugs. NGK or autolites, and exhuast manifold gaskets.... and spend the week end learning Your FOX.. you should beable to get pretty familiar with your car this way. Emilio make him do all the work. JUST SUPERVISE!!! there really isnt anything he can screw up..

I cant wait till my son is about 8-9 years old.. There will be no more exhuast gasket and plug changes for me...thats all him LOL!

 

[Foxman]

I think i need two more boys, I need a pit CREW!

 

[wickedstangs]

the miss fire im sure is un related to the tick... you probably have a exhuast leak and it could make the car feel like its stumbles... I would go and by a cap, rotor, Plugs. NGK or autolites, and exhuast manifold gaskets.... and spend the week end learning Your FOX.. you should beable to get pretty familiar with your car this way. Emilio make him do all the work. JUST SUPERVISE!!! there really isnt anything he can screw up..

I cant wait till my son is about 8-9 years old.. There will be no more exhuast gasket and plug changes for me...thats all him LOL!

I 2nd that