3208 - Valve Lash Adjustment

[Mike Hohnstein]

If you wait until it clatters, you waited too long. I would run the valves now
and check every 20k miles there after. Get new valve cover gaskets from Cat to
make the job easier and to improve the odds of a good outcome.
Mike Hohnstein
Germantown, WI
83FC35
----- Original Message -----
From: orbitalsolutions
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:39 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] 3208 - Valve Lash Adjustment


How often do you folks perform a valve lash adjustment?

I know that Cat's official reccomendation is with every oil change.

This I feel certain, is overkill. My bus had a factory rebuilt 3208
installed about 3 years ago. There is about 13 thousand miles on it.

The motor runs perfect, nice and smooth. To my knowledge there has
never been a valve adjustment performed.

Should I pull the covers and get out the feeler guage?

Thanks in advance for your input.

--James
78FC33SB
LasVegas NV






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