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Looking for correct valve clearance for 2L non turbo DOHC 16valve motor been told 0.06 to 0.08 inlet and 0.08 to .010mm exhaust but the service manual states 0.19mm inlet and 0.35mm exhaust which of these is correct I set them to 0.06 and 0.10 but car idles good but after 3000rpm breaks down is the ...

Can someone tell me which is correct on valve clearances I’ve been told that on a EJ204 non turbo 2L motor it’s inlet 0.006mm up to 0.08mm and exhaust is 0.08mm to 0.010mm but the service manual says inlet is 0.19mm and exhaust is 0.35mm which are correct.
Regards gary2009

Ended up take buckets out and using a dermal and sanded the inside of the buckets down to spec all inlets 600 thou and exhaust all 800 thou except two which were all ready at 10 thou started no miss hoping she won’t give me anymore problems had second round of radiation treatment today first one did...

My buckets are the solid ones would need to buy new buckets and they are $700.00 a set bit out of my price range being on a pension and fighting leukaemia I have very limited funds due to my radiation treatment I have very limited funds available at this time thanks for your help anyway. Regards Gar...

When I got the new valves they were ground to the size of my old one by a engine reconditioning ferm because they are close to each othe I’ve set them to exhaust each cylinder to 0.10 and 0.14 so all cylinders are the same on the inlet all are 0.06 in the book it says inlet are between 0.06 and 0.08...

It’s a GE7 2008 EJ204LP1MB got the valves to passenger side inlet 0.06 all the same and exhaust are out front are 0.10 ,0.14 back are 0.14 and 0.14 the driver side is inlet front 0.07 , 0.07 back 0.07 ,0.06 exhaust is front 0.10 0.11 and back is 0.10 and 0.10 that was me swapping buckets around I ca...

I’ve just serviced my heads and the valve clearances are inlet all valves 0.06 exhaust 0.13 is this ok or are the exhaust valve gaps to wide and how do I reduce it as I can’t find small enough shims.

hi everyone my name is Gary I own a 2009 Subaru impreza im trying to get it back on the road its cost me over $2000.00 so far after it broke the timing belt tensioner bolt and one thumb nearly cut it off with grinder making a valve press now I have only one hand to fix it.

all sensors and grounds are connected I spent a weekend testing all connections put my scan tool on it and it can out fine.

thanks bennie update checked the injectors one is not firing also did compression test number 1-110psi , 2-95psi , 3-95psi and number -4 is 65psi number 4 and 3 had trouble with the valve caps they were tight this is why I think its them not fully returning and the valve is staying open on the inlet...

can anyone help me ive been working on cars for 45 year but not up to date with CPU's on cars I have a 2009 Subaru Impreza EJ20 none turbo brock the timing belt tensioner on it repaired that with new timing belt kit. I also bent 2 inlet valves so did a rebuild on both heads. my question is I have sp...

Gday I've just joined and wish to introduce my self my name is gary.