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Re: #3 Service?
From: trader4(at)optonline.net (Chet Hayes)
Subject: Re: #3 Service?
Date: 22 Nov 2003 06:46:31 -0800
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Gogarty <Gogarty(at)Dublin.edu> wrote in message news:<bdydnXUOyYRC5yOiRVn-jg(at)bway.net>...
> In article <2655-3FBE11AF-35(at)storefull-2111.public.lawson.webtv.net>,
> thepooldude(at)webtv.net says...
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> >DAMN FORGOT ABOUT THE VALVE ADJUSTMENTS
> > OOPS
> >
> Yeah, but even so. Those prices? For my 2.5 hours labor at $75 per hour
> I got oil and transmission fluid, valve adustment, replacement of all
> filters, various fluids and purges, functional check on glow plugs,
> etc. A pretty thorough going over. I always have the valves adjusted in
> November to ensure easy starting when it gets cold. My question had to
> do with the designation "#3 service" and is there a manual somewhere
> that tells you what comprises a #3 service. Maybe I`ll ask the mechanic
> next time I see him.
How many miles a year do you put on a car to need valves adjusted
every year? These cars are supposed to be built so tough, it`s hard
to imagine they could need adjusting so often.
Subject: Re: #3 Service?
From: Gogarty <Gogarty(at)Dublin.edu>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 12:17:05 -0500
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In article <b81a861b.0311220646.42086705(at)posting.google.com>,
trader4(at)optonline.net says...
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>How many miles a year do you put on a car to need valves adjusted
>every year? These cars are supposed to be built so tough, it`s hard
>to imagine they could need adjusting so often.
The 617 engine has mechanical lifters. Almost by definition, anything
mechanical starts getting out of adjustment the moment you start running it.
Not enough to matter, of course, but over a year, enough. My understadning
is that the valves on the 617 should be adjusted once a year or every 15,000
miles. Can`t hurt. And she has stopped smoking, though that may have been
as much a dirty air cleaner as anything else.
From: scholz(at)sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Guenter Scholz)
Subject: Re: #3 Service?
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 22:16:37 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <b81a861b.0311220646.42086705(at)posting.google.com>,
Chet Hayes <trader4(at)optonline.net> wrote:
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>How many miles a year do you put on a car to need valves adjusted
>every year? These cars are supposed to be built so tough, it`s hard
>to imagine they could need adjusting so often.
You are absolutely right according to my experience. I drove a 240D
_forever_ and the body finally rusted away from the engine that was still
running strong as ever, started beautifully in Ontario winters etc. I did
not know about regular valve adjustments, my dealer didn`t think it _that_
important and the car went 100k without any adjusting. When I finally had
it done, the mechanic noticed that the clearences were still pretty good
regards
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