"motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com> wrote in message
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> halo2 guy wrote:
>> The answer is........read your your damn manual and follow it.
>
>
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>
> Um, in the light of some of Honda's mistakes, it's really not such a dumb
> question.
>
> The '99 Accord manual says:
>> Adjust valves at 105,000 miles. Adjust valves prior to 105,000 miles only
>> if they are noisy.
>
> Honda now KNOWS they goofed (lied?) when they printed the same line of
> B.S. in the first Generation CR-V manual. Apparently the UK version of the
> early CR-V manual is correct, and says 30,000 miles (50,000 Km, actually).
>
> Many thousands of Gen I CR-V owners have had to fork out big $$$ to fix
> burnt valves / heads just because Honda has been slow to acknowledge their
> mistake. That particular twin cam engine tends to 'tighten' the valve
> adjustment as it ages, so they get quieter, never louder.
>
> NOTE TO EARLY CR-V OWNERS . . ADJUST YOUR VALVES every 30,000 miles.
>
> 'Curly'
>
I recently checked adjustment on a '99 CRV's valves at 38K miles. They
didn't need it. I'm not refuting your advice, merely adding my experience.

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