Valve Adjustment Made Easy! Honda Accord LX 2.3L Fixing Noisy Valves 

james b Hahahaha you’re sweet well thanks it’s very simple just don’t over think it

Dustin Rulo hey that’s awesome thanks for the application. I’m happy I could help. And yeah my parents car was loose a little also but they already changed the belt =)

nolan reid awww you’re sooo welcome I’m really happy I could help!!!

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Chien Huey thank you! =) I wanted to make it easier for everyone. Happy I could help.

Yeah that’s a good point to make Hondas are counterclockwise. And extremely important not to turn the engine clockwise !!!!

That is sooo amazing and thank you so much for the support I really enjoy these comments! =) I'm so proud of you for doing it yourself!!!

Im curious what was wrong with it?

You’re welcome =) the first time I did this I was reading from the manual. I was 15 years old with my second car on Jack stands in the middle of the field 🤣🙊

Mr. G awww thank you sooo much that’s very sweet of you !!!

Larry Hecht Hahahaha oh my that’s rough =) and I thought it was super easy to do I adjusted the valves on my 91’ Honda Accord when I was 15. It went super smooth and wasn’t hard at all.

You're doing great, @@Smokinskittles. Keep it up!

Not hard to do but i did one on my 2.3. To add, adjust on the base circle of the cam. So right when the intake closes on #1, your exhaust is on the base circle. Adjust exhaust. Turn camshaft 90° and it will make the intake will be on the base lobe. Adjust. Then go straight to #3 and slightly adjust to just close the intake and adjust exhaust. Then 4, then 2. The feeler guage should still go back in but not fall out when let go of. Wish you luck this made mine run buttery smooth 👍 P.s. if you cant see the intake lobe just reference the big center lobe behind the spark tube. Much easier to see.

Everything go how it should?

@@truthseeker1203 Got my valve lash right, but still hear the sound. Apparently many of the Gen 2 Accords do this. Mine started making the noise years ago at 60k miles. now I'm over 120k and it's a little louder. But car runs great, starts instantly, mileage perfect (26 in town, 30 highway). Just stopped worrying about it. Love my car.

yeah you're welcome =) I know what you mean I just got this car from my parents >=) so im super exited!!!

@@Smokinskittles keep em comming am not the best camera man but am also gonna maybe post a few as well I've pretty much replaced everything so far along with a electrical issue I gotta trace just finished the slave cylinder just now phew 😅

@@RiverGreen oh nice I had to do my slave on my 02' eclipse =) that's pretty cool! and thanks for the heads up I subscribed!

@@Smokinskittles awesome 😎 and thankyou!!!!

G O hey thanks for that! =) and I know right!!! 🤣🙊 yeah I should have just bent them

Niek Aalderink TAHAHAA!!! Right!!! I had to put it in there it’s not all perfect like you know. 😬

@@Smokinskittles Hey I like your video, very helpful. I noticed at 5:25 you were not able to insert feelers on the intake side cylinder #1, I can't insert feelers there for any of the turns. Should I just tighten nut with no gap and move to the next or should I be concerned? Thanks in advanced!!

Patrick Johnson no you should bend the feeler gauge

Dinoslash92 awesome way to go!!!

Jonah Garasha yeah working on a brake video for my bmw right now

@@Smokinskittles that's awesome like I said but not a lot of girls that are mechanically or even want to try so keep up the good work on all your videos

Céléstin NT that’s awesome!!!! =) and thanks!!!!

Céléstin NT adjusting valves are my favorite !!!!😍😍😍

Hey it just goes to show that girls dont mind getting a little down and dirty too instead of whining about my fingernails blah blah. Sometimes you actually need to "feel" something that you can't quite feel with gloves on. I hate washing too but it is what it is

MR- SOLO why did you sell it

@@Smokinskittles it was a 2002 honda accord lx the water pump went. Sucked so bad.

MR- SOLO oh man I’m sorry to hear that.

@@Smokinskittles Hey shit happens. Bad thing i bought a 2005 poniac grand prix 2 weeks later rearended. Now here i am today a year later went and bought me another eclipse.

MR- SOLO oh man my eclipse ran me into the ground

Thanks it’s definitely a passion !

@@Smokinskittles hell yeah!! That's so cool keep up the hard work!!

@@Smokinskittles and this video totally helped with my noisey valves so thank you for making this

esmokebaby so you’re just getting the gasket right ? =)

@@Smokinskittles ya thats what i ment not cover lol silly me

Yeah my engine is ticking

Shawn Fuller that’s great to hear I hope you really attack it and save yourself some money

That is definitely correct thanks for that

Vince Del Fabbro you have to go in the FIRING ORDER you can’t just go 1,2,3,4

Vince Del Fabbro it’s not a stupid question just pay close attention to the beginning of the video

Vince Del Fabbro go back to 2:52 it will help. Always turn the engine COUNTER CLOCKWISE ... on a Honda. On normal cars it’s usually clock wise. But Honda’s are different. COUNTER CLOCKWISE

I'm aware of the firing order, maybe you misunderstood my question. Up on the timing gear is cyl 1, but there are 6 spokes on the entire gear, so, as I originally asked my dumb, not so dumb question, I know that not every spoke corresponds with a cylinder, or if it does, which one is and isn't tdc with each cylinder?

🤣🙊 yeah that I do 😬

It well I mean if there is too much play between the rocker arm and the valve stem it starts making noise and it’s really annoying. So if you hear it a constant ticking sound this is what it could be

This is what I found on google and it probably explains it better than I can. Too much clearance means the valves will likely clatter and, over the long term, cause damage to the valves, camshaft lobes or rocker arms. If there's too little valve clearance, the valves won't fully close, causing excessive heat, and the engine will lose power.

@@Smokinskittles Thank you for more info about valve adjustments,I will remember that and listen closely if my valves are noisy.God Bless.

Juan Haro Thank you!!!

Did you ever figure that out? I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure top dead center only applies to the arrow facing up. Atleast that’s how the timing belt change procedure works, bottom crankshaft notch lines up and two side notches on camshaft pulley line up with top of cylinder head.

@@truthseeker1203 I did it the pain in the ass way using the rotor cap position, but yes TDC is the arrow up

@@VinnieVega76 yeah I just changed my timing belt and put it on TDC and later read after the belt was already off that it had to be TDC on specifically cylinder #1. I was like well f$ck. But looked at distributor rotor and it was facing #1 spark plug so I just rolled with it, the cars fine. Idk if there’s technically a top dead center for each cylinder, I’d assume that arrow facing up IS tdc for cylinder #1 and that the arrow facing left is TDC for #3 so on and so forth but maybe I’m wrong who tf knows.

@@truthseeker1203 yes every cylinder has its own TDC, but most people refer to it as cylinder 1, which is why I used the rotor and measured the depth for every cylinder and finally got it straight. I hope your car works out well

No it’s counter clockwise on a Honda

Cali take them out because there is pressure in that cylinder. It will be easy to move the position

619 San Diego thanks! Mr. San Diego!!!! 😝

Okay so I left and I made sure that the door didn't hit me on the way out

It’s probably because your didn’t remove the spark plugs. And make sure you’re turning counter clockwise!!!! Hondas are counter clockwise !!!

Yes because they use the same engine.

Jorge Garcia HAHAHA!!!!XD awww =)

Well i did the same yesterday, i assume it doesn't matter as long as you do the valva adjustment after you reinstall the lifter assembly.

@@luisparada4694 it didn't matter, just roll the rockers where they're supposed to go and you're fine.

Andi like thanks

Sneek C super sweet thank you!!!! =)

Stay Humble yes I know exactly what you are talking about. I did it without a jack and without talking the tire off. Yeah it can be done without going through the crank.

Stay Humble very good question. As long as you’re turning them both you’re completely good.

SmokinSkittles thanks for your feed back. My car has a tick no knocking but it does have a tick. Hopefully it goes away after I do this.

SmokinSkittles another question....I’ve never done a timing belt and water pump job before...it looks kind of easy to do but I guess what always gets me nervous is making sure the pullies are aligned how they’re supposed to. It’s like I’m afraid to do it wrong and mess the motor up...am I just overthinking it and should I just jump into doing it or should I just take it to a shop?

Lucky Gray you won’t have the cylinder and valves correct. Basically you’re adjusting the valves so when they open and close the intake combustion power and exhaust strokes have optimal clearances. Too little and you can bend a valve and you basically can crack a piston or damage the head. Or too much clearance and you’re basically rattling the head apart. Neither are good and the latter can cause misfiring like no other. It’s also the relation to the camshaft and the duration of the lobes to lifter. So rotating the crank the right way in relation to the valves is key

I read it was mainly cuz of the belt and the way that it’s used to having tension on one side and the other not also heard the

SmokinSkittles the belt doesn’t really have anything to do with it. There’s a timing belt for the cam and the crank and has to be set properly for timing. The balance shaft belt which also needs to have the balancing pulleys in the correct position along with the crank. Then there’s the accessory drive belts that go to alternator, ac and the harmonic on the crank. Then the outer v belt runs the power steering off the harmonic and the crank. Typically when you move the power steering belt it “should” move the crank but this isn’t always the case of which the crank will need to be turned manually. Belts are to synchronize but in terms of valve lash you need to make the valves open and close properly in conjunction with the cam. The valve is held by keepers essentially and a locking nut on top. The minute you loosen it and it’s not turned over say on the wrong stroke you can misadjust the valve and it can either hit the top of the piston or it won’t close all the way and seat right. Compression requires both valves to be closed and sealed on the interference angle of the valve seat. There’s a lot that goes into the head and adjusting it the wrong way or turning it the wrong way you can easily think it’s on the compression stroke but it’s not. Dropping a valve can cause a piston to shatter and in turn blowing a connecting rod out the side of the block or down into the pan along with bearings and parts of the crank bore. Or bend and cause irreparable damage to the head or heads.

SmokinSkittles turning the cam the right way keeps the timing

U could actually stick a shirt in the whole not to tight tho n when u cranck it will pop it up its very easy

Sounds like your bolt is stripped out.. is the head of the bolt worn? You may have to cut a slit into it and use a flat head.

@@truthseeker1203 I think the head is torn but I can't tell for sure

@@RachelLeemon oh I know the bolt you’re referring to, I dealt with the same one today actually, and was never able to remove it unfortunately. I was trying to check the crankshaft seal. The right one came off easy but the left just turns and turns. The dipstick doesn’t have enough play even with the bolt removed to get out the way. Socket barely even fits through there. It’s frustrating

Stay Humble I was talking about the timing cover =)

SmokinSkittles so I don’t need to worry about timing after I finish cylinder 4 then?

@@stayhumble2613 on the off chance that you're still wondering, no, you do not need to worry about cylinder position after finishing

Justin Esham you know I never even thought about that!!!!🤣🙊

Lol neither did I until I was tryin to get to the intake valve andddddd welp...it bent itself and made it easier lmao

Justin Esham Hahahahaa!!!! That’s pretty cool thanks for your comment

LTI hahahha right!!!

Saray R. What is a POM?

Pomeranian

Wrong. This is an F23, & rotates counterclockwise

Yes you do. You are so post do one cylinder completely at a time. Don't mislead individual thank you. She doing her best to show others. The only thing she needs to address is rotation. You should rotate clockwise. Yes I'm a master tech 40 years.

@@theroadworrior1 a master tech huh? B, D, F (Accord) & H series Honda engines turn counterclockwise. They turn counterclockwise if crank on drivers side, like this one, an F23. K series is clockwise. They turn clockwise if crank on passenger side