I don't have my Bentley in front of me, but as I recall Bentley says adjust
to  zero clearance then an additional 2 turns in.  I recall seeing a post by
Boston Bob Donalds indicating he prefers setting to zero lash with no
additional.  On my old 2.0 aircooled, another manual said to use 1.5 turns
as opposed to 2 turns recommended by Bentley.  In no case have I ever seen
.006 as was used on air cooled motors prior to hydraulic lifters.

Steve Sandlin http://www.steveslockshop.com
'84 Wolfsburg Westy
'79 Transporter
'00 New Beetle

>From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
>Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Tight valves!
>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:33:15 -0700
>
>Well, I finally got around to adjusting the valves in the '88.  Up till
>this
>afternoon, I had been under the assumption (duh!) that the DPO had adjusted
>them when he installed the heads.
>
>They were all too tight.  Some just a little bit, but there were several
>that were tight by several turns.
>
>Before I go out and blow the darned thing up by driving it, it IS .006" of
>play between the valve end and the rocker, correct????  I remember some
>posts speaking of 6 mils, and I'm not quite sure how that translates.
>
>Uh  .  .  .  this wouldn't, by any chance, be the reason it doesn't have
>enough power to go down the road, would it?  and could this have something
>to do with it running rich, too?
>
>Karl Wolz

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