engine tick resolved, but now I'm smoking

[carpeonnel]

Well, I had to add 1.5 quarts after all the rocker adjustment I had been doing, so I think it's good, but I'll double check it again in the morning when the engines cold. I'll pick up a new PCV valve and see if that fixes it. Just strange that all of a sudden it's doing this. If I over tightened a rocker that would make a valve open more, right? Would that make it smoke?

 

[4X4HIGH]

There is no way to make the valve open any further other than installing a different cam with more lift. The hydraulic lifter will compensate for variance in adjustment.

There is more to the PCV system than just the valve itself. Make sure the fresh air hose is connected to the air cleaner housing and that the PCV hoses are in good shape and not soft and sucking closed.

 

[carpeonnel]

will do. thanks for the help

 

[toomany]

There is no way to make the valve open any further other than installing a different cam with more lift. The hydraulic lifter will compensate for variance in adjustment.

While that's true, if you keep tightening down the rocker, the lifter will bottom out. Causing the valve to not close all the way. And the motor to run like crap. Not the problem here though.

I bought a parts Camaro from a friend of mine, he swaped heads and couldn't ever get it running right after that. He gave up and decided to sell it to me. I knew exactly what the problem was as soon as I saw it run...but didn't tell him because I wanted the parts off the car (he wasn't that good of a friend). Turns out when he was setting the valve lash, he torqued the rocker nuts down to 80 in-lbs. He didn't know how to set them, so he went to look it up and only had a Ford manual on hand. Figured the two motors were close enough and went with the specs in there.

 

[4X4HIGH]

While that's true, if you keep tightening down the rocker, the lifter will bottom out. Causing the valve to not close all the way. And the motor to run like crap. Not the problem here though.

I bought a parts Camaro from a friend of mine, he swaped heads and couldn't ever get it running right after that. He gave up and decided to sell it to me. I knew exactly what the problem was as soon as I saw it run...but didn't tell him because I wanted the parts off the car (he wasn't that good of a friend). Turns out when he was setting the valve lash, he torqued the rocker nuts down to 80 in-lbs. He didn't know how to set them, so he went to look it up and only had a Ford manual on hand. Figured the two motors were close enough and went with the specs in there.

We have to assume that people here are a bit smarter than trying to crank the rocker nuts until they bottom out the lifter plunger.

Yes that would hold a valve open but will not make it open further.

 

[carpeonnel]

well, I cranked it up this morning and drove it around and now no smoke I guess I'll keep an eye on it and gonna go ahead and change the PCV valve and double check everything, but it all seems top notch

 

[apache]

Well, I had to add 1.5 quarts after all the rocker adjustment I had been doing, so I think it's good, but I'll double check it again in the morning when the engines cold. I'll pick up a new PCV valve and see if that fixes it. Just strange that all of a sudden it's doing this. If I over tightened a rocker that would make a valve open more, right? Would that make it smoke?

If adjustment was that far out and the lifter cant make up the slack then the valve wasent opening all the way thus the ticking,kinda acting like a unadjusted solid lifter or rocker adjusted setup like a Toyota or most bike engines.