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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 08:16 PM
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Valve Adjustment

Valve adjustment isn't in the maint. schedule until 150,000 miles (least that's what local Cummins told me).
Anyone do it sooner/more often?
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 09:19 PM
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I think it depends more on the type of use you put it thru. If you pull loads a lot you should do the valve adjust between 80 - 100,000 miles. If it's just a grocery getter maybe it is OK to go 150,000.. I won't go past 100,000 miles on mine.
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 09:26 PM
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From everything I have read most folks are checking them around 100k and not finding much deveation

Cheers, Kevin
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 11:03 PM
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I checked mine at 172000 because I thought I heard some valve train noise. Only one exhaust valve was out about 2 thou. But I did have peace of of mind knowing it was done.

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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 08:20 AM
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I normally check mine at least once a year....... I have found that there can quite a bit of variance on the lash from cummins.

Doug
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Old Jan 14, 2005 | 07:28 PM
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I just did mine last week at 90000,sure made a abig difference,motor is a lot smoother and quieter,It took about 1 hour.I set mine on the tight side.
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