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K20A3 Valve Clearance Adjustment

All done.
They were just about all within spec (intake 0.08-0.10)(exhaust 0.10-0.11) but I adjusted them all to be at the bottom range of the spec.

Took longer than I expected and I am covered in oil with a few cuts and scrapes but its done (Well sort of).

I think I have stripped one of the acorn nuts on the cover as it spins freely both ways. I was really carefull tightening up the cover nuts but alas something had to go wrong!

I removed all of the nuts and gaskets thinking I had snapped the bolt underneath but the rocker wouldn't lift off so I am thinking it is the nut that has stripped.

I have went for a drive and the engine is a lot quieter and I cannot see any leaks from the gaskets so it looks like it has sealed onto the block well enough.

Looks like I will have to order a nut and try and cut the fooked one off.

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Did you do what I did? Ordered a cylinder head bolt and replaced.
 

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I don't think so because i cannot get the rocker cover back off. If i snapped the bolt it would have come off with the rocker cover i would have thought. That's whats got me thinking the threads on the nut have stripped
 
Might be worth getting a cylinder head bolt for under a tenner to be on the safe side. One of my cam cover nuts was spinning freely after I over torqued it. Popped the bonnet one day and it had disappeared, leaving what you can see in the picture.
 

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