Valve Clearance Adjustment on Honda J Series Engine 

We got a car ive always wanted last year. 03 TL type s. White on tan. Fantastic car. I look forward to a complete rebuild in the future but I'll be doing this and some other projects soon. I was an Acura tech from 2010-2013 then Toyota until 2019 then bmw for a year. Then I got into service advisor roles. I'm retired for now working from home when I get the chance. I did an apprenticeship at Acura then stayed long enough to get really comfortable. At Toyota it was a heavy line and diagnostic eye opening experience. A lot of what I learned was useful but I was a fish out of water at Toyota. I ended up doing really well there and getting sent to Tons of factory training and got my ase's over the years. Toyota loves that ❤ I became a diagnostic machine at Toyota and bmw was very happy to have me. Best time in my career was at the end there.

Wish I could just come over to your place and have you do this for me.

Phenomenal video, the best i have seen so far on the subject matter. Greetings from London.

When I was doing it I would just tighten the adjuster screws until they would pinch the feeler gauge and couldn't move, then back off a tiny amount until the feeler gauge could slide around again without binding.

Thanks my friend ❤

Keep up the videos man !! I’m a Bseries guy but will be buying a K and a J to learn to rebuild them 🙏🏽🔥💪🏽

Great video, thanks, greetings from Poland

Thanks for another great tutorial. You have a great "touch" as you work thru a task. I have several totally stock J35s and all run great. The oldest is a '13 Accord at 126K miles, always 0W20 full synthetic changed according to the built in reminder. Valves are totally quiet, even at a 0 degree cold start. Any reason to check valve adjustment, or just let it roll?

Great job friend very thorough

very informative thank you

Wish I had found this video a week ago. Just replaced a leaking valve cover gasket on a2013 3.5 w/ 150k miles. While the covers were off I checked valve clearances and “found” the number 5 exhaust to be a little tight. After looking at this video I think it may have been the gauge angle off causing binding. I now have a slight valve tick. Is it worth going back in to check/correct?

professional job

Please make a video how to easily remove the J series engine from the car so we can get to the valves as easily as you did. 😂

Do you think I could put those dual overhead cam heads on my J32A1 ? If so how much are you going to be offering them for purchase and when?

Great video Sean. Nothing different to look for with the aluminum rockers? Same process correct. Or any tricks with them. J Swap Jason.

I notice there are two lines on the gear itself. One long line and one short one that's right on the tooth. Is the long like the correct one for TDC?

I have both heads out what do you think can I do the adjustment individually head? Is hard to do it when they are in the car already

So is the rocker arm supposed to be loose? I tried doing this, and incoulnt get the guage to slip under..so I loosened the bolt&screw and now it sounds like it idels a Lil rough.

what does it do,,,,,if not set well

Hey, thought I ask this question here since you guys are J series experts. I have ‘16 Accord V6. Recently bought it with abt 40k miles, the car was sitting for about a month (his uncle switched on and drove here and there very briefly) I changed the spark plugs & oil.. basically a tuneup. Now almost a month later, the car only when it’s warm feels like it’s about to die but comes back to life only when it’s stopped (traffic light for eg). Checked battery and alternator with meter reading, everything checks out fine. Just the battery terminals are a bit dusty but idk. What do you think could be?

It says J35A7 on the engine block.

are you supposed to tighten the keeper nut AFTER the adjustment?

Do i need a HDS to perform a valve adjustment on a 2019 ridgeling?

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You said .008 well I know of 3.7 liters to be 0.20-0.24 for intake and exhaust 0.28-0.32