Internal combustion engine – a complex device consisting of many mechanisms and spare parts. To ensure proper operation and durability, it needs regular maintenance. Our car service offers services for maintenance, repair and replacement of engine parts and adjustment of engine valves in Kiev.
Unfortunately, not all car owners understand this and adjust the operation of mechanical systems in a timely manner. For example, many people do not even know what valve control is and why it is needed, as well as the consequences of ignoring the procedure.
How often the valves are adjusted?
According to the regulations, diagnostics and adjustment of valve clearances must be carried out at least once every 20 – 100 thousand km. It depends on the type of engine and a number of influencing factors. What matters is driving style, fuel, availability of ancillary equipment (HBO, including) and more.
Practice shows that gas cylinder equipment requires more frequent inspections than indicated by the automaker. Also, diagnostics are required if there are such changes in the operating characteristics of the machine:
- increase in fuel consumption;
- reduction of machine power;
- problems starting the engine;
- reduction of compression of cylinders, “triple”;
- specific “ticking” of valves.
In addition, if you install gas equipment and you are used to driving aggressively, it can have a critical effect on the thermal gaps. From this, inspection and adjustment of valves should be performed more often.
If you notice at least one of the above signs, you need to immediately contact a car service, because further use of the car can end in serious breakdowns or accidents.
Causes of valve problems
During operation, the motor heats up and its components increase. In the timing mechanism, the valves are of great importance, because they are responsible for starting and releasing gases and air-fuel mixture. When heated, a thermal gap appears between the surface and the valve, and their adjustment is just designed to adjust this gap.
If you do not diagnose and adjust in time, the gaps are reduced to a critical point. This will break the valve and costly repairs. The price of valve adjustment is many times lower than the cost of repair.
Which motors and when to adjust the valves?
It is necessary to know that adjustment is required only to those internal combustion engines which complete set does not include hydrocompensators. These parts are designed to adjust the gaps in real time and maintain their ideal size.
If there are no hydrocompensators, adjustment is carried out manually. About the symptoms that indicate the need for regulation – written above. One of the main is the “triple” of the engine, when the compression in the cylinders or falls sharply, or disappears completely.
In addition to the noticeable signs of the problem, the adjustment is carried out in the process of current maintenance. Each vehicle in its documentation has instructions on the frequency of diagnosis of gaps. In most cases it is 25-30 thousand km of run.
Importantly! Without certain skills, in no case can you adjust the valve clearances yourself.
Checking and adjusting valve clearances
If you need high-quality diagnostics and regulation of valves in Kiev, use the services of our car service. Our masters have many years of experience, work quickly and efficiently.
Adjustment of valve clearances should be performed only by qualified technicians who have the necessary knowledge and experience. To make the procedure correct, a preliminary diagnosis is performed, which is designed to determine the faults and their causes. Only after testing can you find the right way to solve the problem, suitable for this equipment, materials, components and tools. Our Car Service offers the best price in Kiev.
Adjustment of valves of the diesel engine in our HUNDRED is carried out strictly according to regulations, instructions of the automaker and under control. Come – we work efficiently and quickly, as well as provide a full guarantee for services and installed components. You can ask our manager by phone or through the feedback form about how much it costs to adjust the valves for your car.
