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Anyone know? My hood stickers are missing and my book walked off. I'm
without reference.
David

David King wrote:
>
> Anyone know? My hood stickers are missing and my book walked off. I'm
> without reference.
> David

Is it fuel injected? If so, then there are revised valve
clearances for '85-'89 Accords and '85-'87 Preludes with fuel injection.
Adjust the intake valves to 0.20 mm and the exhaust valves to 0.32 mm.
These specs are a little looser than the specs on the underhood sticker and
eliminate the excessive valve over lap which causes a rough idle if the
underhood sticker specs are used. For reference, this information is from a
Vital Link TSB. I don't have specs for carbureted models but I'm sure that
someone else here should be able to help with that.

For future reference, you can usually find a service manual at your local
library. Some libraries also have subscriptions to the AllData data base.

Eric

In article <4099E776.B7111000@spam.now>, say.no@spam.now wrote:
>David King wrote:
>>
>> Anyone know? My hood stickers are missing and my book walked off. I'm
>> without reference.
>> David
>
>Is it fuel injected? If so, then there are revised valve
>clearances for '85-'89 Accords and '85-'87 Preludes with fuel injection.
>Adjust the intake valves to 0.20 mm and the exhaust valves to 0.32 mm.
>These specs are a little looser than the specs on the underhood sticker and
>eliminate the excessive valve over lap which causes a rough idle if the
>underhood sticker specs are used. For reference, this information is from a
>Vital Link TSB. I don't have specs for carbureted models but I'm sure that
>someone else here should be able to help with that.
>
>For future reference, you can usually find a service manual at your local
>library. Some libraries also have subscriptions to the AllData data base.
>
>Eric

To fill in the blanks, valve clearance (cold) settings from the 1989
factory service manual are:
intake: 0.12 - 0.17 mm (0.005 - 0.007 in.)
exhaust: 0.25 - 0.30 mm (0.010 - 0.012 in.)

-- Richard