Why Are Valve Clearances So Important? | Classic Mini 998 | Workshop Diaries | Edd China
Before we check anything else on this Classic Mini 998, we need to set up the valve 'timing' or more specifically; the valve clearances!
Do you know why Valve Clearances are important?
Workshop Diaries - From Season 2 Episode 11 "Why Are Valve Clearances Important?": ...(What goes on under the rocker cover) If you haven't set your tappets correctly your engine might be losing loads of power. My mission is to fix what is causing the pithy problem of a flat spot on my classic Mini 998 cc Automatic engine in my Outspan Orange car.
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So do I...but it doesn't look like.
Hi there, everything is fine thank you. Working hard on the new content to upload for you very soon, lot's coming! Thank you for understanding - Edd
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I missed this the first time ,Thank You for the video like them
When adjusting a and b series engines I found using the rule of 9....... valve 1 down adjust valve 8, Valve 2 down adjust 7 ect..... keep up the good work boys
why am i experiencing deja vu ?? whats with the re uploads Edd
Who can't wait till we get to watch something for the third time?
Be nice, clearly something has happened
Don't be an arse
I'm wondering if the original got demonitized, and that's why this is being put out again. I'm mean, I'm happy to watch it for a third time because it's excellent, just hoping everything is ok.
Edd commented back to me in the last video and said new stuff is coming. Be patient.
@davidbrowning443 I really hope that's true as I've been a fan since series 1 of Wheeler dealers however he has been saying the same thing for sometime now.
No one online or currently on TV describes a procedure better than you Edd. I've been mechanicing for many years now and there is always more to learn and I still enjoy your presentation of a procedure that I have done hundreds of times. Thanks Edd for clear instructions and clear images if I was starting out now I would be very grateful for your channel and your interesting projects 👍
Edd might as well change the name of this channel to Edd China does the BBC so many repeats!
Thanks Edd,got robbed with motor rebuild on a Fiat uno 1.4 NA 5door and first start up was like a diesel had a good laugh when you mentioned it 😂😅 . Valve clearance super important,valve destroyed head n cam case
You are the best Edd! An inspiration for so many of us out there. Cheers from Mexico.
Thanks for filming Edd. 👍😁
‘A tappy tappet, is a happy tappet’. All the best.👍🏾🇬🇧
Great easy to follow advice Thanks Ed regards to Paul
Edd is everything OK with you, why reruns? Reruns is ok but I see them on regular television. I'm waiting for you to get going on KZhead cannel.Hey I got car I have to repair so I need you to help me when I watch your videos.
confused by the reuse of old previously uploaded videos?
This is good basic engine engine maintenance.
You make engineering interesting and understandable to an idiot (me) love your mechanical skill and presentation 😊 best wishes Ed 😊
Very interesting thank you Ed
Nice video Edd, question; what is the function of the horizontal placed springs on the axel spinning the rockerarms ? keep on going
Another great in depth master class from Ed. Hope there are more to come.
I know it's a rerun but it doesn't matter true never forgot love your work true mechanic❤❤
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Hi ed great video brings back memories when I had my mini and I use service it myself my mini was van type which great little car the car went round the clock twice it was the rust what killed it off. Steve
I’m sure I saw that car or one very similar in beaulieu motor museum when I was a kid in the late 80s 👍🏼🇬🇬
A compression test next?
Some people need to stop moaning about the re-runs. Edd is a top bloke & has brought us years of regular new content & there must be a good reason why previous videos are being uploaded, just view & like to support the channel & show patience till Edd returns with some new content
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Hi Edd, I used to have a Mini 998 back in the day, I used to use a colour tune plug to check the mixture ratio when I was giving it a tune up however, what I found was, with everything you have done, if I tuned the mixture to a brilliant blue it always had a flat spot, what I found was if it had the tiniest flash of yellow in it (running very slightly to the rich side of the scale) the flat spot disappeared. Also talking to my cousin at the time who is a motor mechanic he informed me that the Mini 998 engine likes to run slightly towards the rich side and when I set up mine that way it was fine and at the time of lead fuel I always had a light coating of grey in the exhaust tail pipe. Not sure if this applies with today's fuels but just thought I would mention it.
Nice to see Paul again. Hi Paul 🙂
flat spot can also be the oil in the su carb and the float lvl in the carb as it may be sticking
Love your content. Edd please put new stuff on your great presenter ❤ you
It's YOU'RE, not your.
@@solidsnakesimulation666You're wrong 😂
As important as tappet adjustment is it's often a job that gets overlooked or put off but there's no excuse really with good old, easy to adjust, screw and locknut types. The added complexity and faff of under-bucket shims requiring camshaft removal just adds to the "I'll check them later" syndrome!👎 I had a similar problem on an FZR1000 some years ago when the power delivery lost it's edge and the idle became quite lumpy. After checking the obvious, the valve gaps were checked and most were below spec with two closed up completely and this was on a bike bought new and long before the specified valve check interval which just shows that the service schedule is really just a guide to the minimum maintenance requirements. Thankfully, after setting the gaps, the performance was back so fortunately avoided any valve/seat damage.👍😃
Good Job！
Do you know why Valve Clearances are important? If you missed our previous video we uploaded, find it here: kzhead.info/sun/eJeJd9RweGWGjJs/bejne.html
hi Edd / Team would you be interested in a conversion of 2006 XKR-S plus sorting any issues along the way ?
Talking of bikes and scooters, I bought myself a Lambretta SX 200 way back in 1982 for around A$50 in a little town named Figuras, just outside Barcelona. At 17 y.o. I rode it back to Glasgow, town of birth, and on the way, when I'd broken down crossing the Pyrenees, it was none other than the infamous Johnny Thunder who cruised to a stop on his chopper, and fixed my bike for me. What a sight that was, I tell you. As of 2014 though I have a Ural 750, with sidecar.
I remember Marsha fitzalan on new statesman saying "we've got an Outspan grapefruit in the fridge" only she pronounced it "ayt-span" . Good times.
I like to put a long plastic straw down the spark plug hole into the bore to safely feel the piston while I watch the valves to figure out when TDC is.
First time I've seen the video thank you edd I have a Honda c90 and the valve adjustment is a regular service job.i enjoyed the video
Hi Ed why not use the 1 from 9 method eg number 1 valve fully open adjust number 9 valve works on most engines
Agree absolutely used this method on A series engines for the last 40 years
@@steveduffy1289 the only engine I’ve come across that it doesn’t work on is the Ford 2.4 York or the 2.5 di
And the Ford Xflow. Loved the interference adjusters. Didnt bother with feeler gagues..Simply tighten em up while engine is running till the tappet noise goes away! :)
I guess no more new episodes for a while.
Getting a mini running just right is a well practiced juggling act that always needs some tlc.
First, re upload AGAIN
Hello Edd, could you please change the oil filter to the Classic Mini 998, I have a car with the same configuration but I don't know how to change the oil filter element. I would really appreciate it if you help me with that. Please
We have a classic Mini which has an unknown history so it is definitely a job that needs doing. It is a really easy (if not a slightly fiddly) job. The thing to watch on the paper element oil filters is the O-ring between the filter case and the engine; really easy to miss. I even heard of one garage adding a second O-ring which ended up causing a serious oil leak at high speed! Watch this space.
@@eddchina Thank you very much Edd I look forward to that video explaining how to change the oil filter element I would really appreciate it and I think it would be excellent content for the channel
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Hola Nicolás, puedes activar los subtítulos en castellano si lo deseas pulsando en la rueda dentada arriba a la derecha. Un saludo.
Whatever is going on with Edd and the channel (and we all sincerely hope it's nothing too bad, but it's definitely something), it's very clear that someone else is re-posting, and adding random comments, to the page. This is being done because the KZhead algorithm stops promoting channels who don't keep the content rolling, no matter how many followers you have.
19:30 - Paul - I've been fixing, American pickup trucks. Edd - Nice. Just random ones you find in the street? 😁 ☮
Generally this should be done when an engine is hot, however the gap adjustment is different for hot and cold engines
wrong, valve clearance should be done when fully cold.
Edd what’s wrong have you come to a full stop 🛑 try and get back on the big screen
There has been a death in his family. He has more info on his page.
@@josedasilva4433 Which page?
Certainly not on Facebook.
Edd great video. If you had time you could have carried out a pressure test on the jugs and explained the pressures there it would have added to the jeopardy.
That must be one of those Wood & Picket Minis. Amazing.
Hi Edd i was looking at range rovers and was wondering if they’re actually reliable, they have gained a massive reputation for being unreliable. Any thoughts on that? Also what Range Rover would you recommend as the most reliable? Thanks 👍
as good as the mechanic that services them?
Come on Ed. Love the video’s but please something new!
Hey edd, have you ever looked into the folks who put the BMW K100 heads on these? I thought that was wild!
Bye from Italy, Edd ! ❤
Get them too thin, especially with a lean mixture and you end up with burnt valves on a 998, and segments of the exhaust valves blown out the ports if you are lucky (better hope it's not the inlet valves or they drop on the pistons...!) PS... about an old BSA? :P
Always did my valves singly by the 'rule of nine rule'.
I wish I was your friend Edd.
If anyone is paying attention, this is not how KZhead works.
Cool channel I’m subscribed
ed I am looking for a solexs carburetor 30.35 repair kit for my opel kadett c 1975 1100 cc car 😇
Had a customer complaint on a petrol honda crv 2006 model. when started cold, it was spitting, dropping rpm, reving and acting very very strange. Im a certified technician for Honda so i started troubleshooting. and about 30 minutes of tinkering and troubleshooting. I looked at the service history, it stated it recently had donne the valve clearance at a random brand shop.. I called up the customer asking when it started, and the customer confirmed it was after that service. I took it appart, did a new clearance and boy o boy everything was so far off i didnt even belive it at first. did the correct meassurement, and the car was sooooo much better afterwards. im thinking they adjusted the engine when it was super hot. not letting it cool down first :P
Dear Edd, amazing job as always. We have been trying to reach out for a business inquiry for a long time and we couldn't. Could you please help us with that? Many thanks in advance. Kind Regards, Milburg Ltd Team / Manchester
Hello E/C Guide Michelin !
Thank you
Oh for the days when a cornflakes packet and a dob of grease could get you home. Did you replace the broken carburettor gasket?
I have this as a thermostat housing gasket, Kellogs Cornflakes and LM2 grease - 18 years, still going strong. Plus using heater matrix hose to replace the bypass hose - pretty much nuke proof.
Wow i remember seeing these when I was a kid.
Whoever is uploading these continual repeats, please just tell us if the channel is dead. Even Mike B is more interesting than this.
It's really weird, but you've stopped appearing on my recommendation list. I thought you'd stopped posting. I'm glad I went for a look!
Edd’s VW bus T shirt!!! ❤ Yeaaahhh!!!
Hello Edd China I'm a huge fan of your work, Is their anyway you could please remap my car and give me a full service on my Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI 2007. Thank you very much Yours sincerely Joseph Lovelock
Something tells me that’s going to be a no
Re-run...😒
Just imagine how many reruns were watched of this guy wrenching in the 90s. 😊
Hi Ed, that's a helluva bad way to set TDC where is your DTI?.
1:01 Ehhh nope, the tappets are the cam followers buried down in the engine, you adjust the rocker to valve clearance to effectively adjust the tappet to cam clearances :)
dependiendo de cómo abiertas o cerradas esten las válvulas más tiempo o menos tardarán en abrirse o cerrarse o en subir o en bajar y más eficientemente se quemará el combustible o la gasolina aunque tratándose de un coche antiguo lo tendrás que hacer con un calibrador o gárgalas como las que se utilizan o usan para medir la abertura del electrodo de las bujías
22:25. Tomos mopeds. Ha HA! Remember those. Didn't have the street cred of the Fizzies,Suzy AP50s and Puch Maxies. They were sold through Woolworths and most of them ended up in canals!
Think i noticed a lack of Orange effect under the windscreen between the wipers?? 👍👍👍
why are you airing the same video two times? dont get like the bbc lol
I thought I was going mad.
Another way to determine Ex or Ad on a 4 cylinders is put the rockers in balance the first to open is Ad
Solder is for pcb boards, proper crimps with glue lined heat shrink is always the correct way for a wire splice.
Gday Edd what’s happening with the 1916 Cadillac
The 'Ariel 3' may have a nod to the satellite, but 'Ariel' is one of the classic British motorcycle brands that vanished in the past. See 'Ariel Arrow'.
They also produced a model called the 'Leader', which had hideous tin bodywork, and a 4 cylinder, called the 'Square four', for pretty obvious reasons.
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Apparently 0-60 diminishing on the ridiculous citrus.
stop reposting same stuff
Omg, I'd love to watch content where you fix up American pickups instead of what we're constantly watching. I'm fed up with the orange car, let's see some proper content. No more repeats, no more silly 5 minute videos. Do the Lambretta, for God's sake, get this channel back on track.
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Sacrilege! Adjusting a Mini's valves without using a Gunsons E-Z is just wrong! I loved using that tool on my old MGB/Sprite/TR-6 cars -it made valve adjustment sooooo easy. Too bad most cars today have hydraulic valve lifters and valve adjustment is no longer needed.
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12 thousand miles for clearances
si el problema es de la ignición o del encendido le puedes cambiar el distribuidor o delco por uno electrónico como te vi ponerle en uno de tus programas de Joyas Sobre Ruedas que le cambiaste el distribuidor de corriente o delco a un jaguar xj por uno electrónico que también tuviste que cambiarle la bomba de agua la pieza que hace que se conecte y desconecte la batería porque esos coches llevan un ventilador en la pieza o compartimento donde se aloja o va metida la batería para evitar que se queme la batería con la elevada temperatura a la que se calienta el motor y también te consiguió Mike Brewer colectores de recubrimiento cerámico de color rojo que tendrían que haber sido del color verde oliva del color de la carrocería pero lo importante no es lo caro o barato que cueste comprar el coche sino lo caras o baratas que cuesten las reparaciones para poder obtener un beneficio económico con su venta
En France on aimerait bien vous suivre, un petit sous-titrage en français please ? On ne maîtrise pas tous l'anglais malheureusement.
están muy bien tus vídeos lástima que habléis en Inglés y no en español porque sois originarios o naturales u oriundos de las islas británicas o de Inglaterra Gran Bretaña o el Reino Unido
He's english, got a problem with it? Then LEARN ENGLISH.
Fourth! lol
1st!
I was first, you're second
Shouldn't you be using the timing marks on the crank pully to verify TDC? Using the distributor is not reliable, and using a straw (never a screwdriver) in the spark plug hole is only right 50% of the time.
I won’t be using that soldering idea
first?
I was first.
@@solidsnakesimulation666 haha you wish
18:40 SQUASHED Edd not SQUISHED, you're English not American.
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