Right just a nice quick write up, those pics are better than the ones i have, so i wont bother posting my pics.
Ok, to start with, you need to remove the cam cover, so plastic spark cover trim off, remover the coil packs, leave the spark plugs in! Take the breather pipe off thats attached to the filter. Basicly anything is holding the cover in place.
The cover should just lift striaght off, just be very careful not to drop anything into the engine, i.e, screws, bolts etc
Ok, next, on the photo above you see the cams, closer set are the intake, further away are the exhaust!
Settings i used where, intake clearance 0.08 or 0.21mm and exhaust 0.10 or 0.25 mm
OK Now you need the cam lobe to be in the "up" position, so that the clearance on the valve can be set. The tricky part i found was moving the cam, so i was taught to, take the handbrake off, and put the car in to 2nd gear.
Now if you move the car backwards or forwards, the cams rotate.
So starting with the intake side, get the cam in the correct position to the valve, i.e. the cam is in the high position, furthest away from the valve, if you understand me
Ok now with the correct feeler gauge, push this in between the valve and the adjuster. (looking at the close up picture, the feeler gauge goes between the round disc and the screw!)
If alteration is needed, undone the bolt and tighten/loosen the slotted screw accordingly. Correct position is when you can feel the feeler gauge is just being held in place but still able to move it. Hard to explain but i am sure you understand :lol:
When the correct clearance is set, tighten back up the bolt, but be sure to check the clearance after as the bolt can alter the gap, sometimes, you need to compensate for this when tightening!
So there are 2 valves per cam lobe. So when those 2 are set move on to the next set, moving the car backwards or forwards again whilst still in 2nd moves the cam to the desired position, and the next set of clearance can be set.
Same to be done on the exhaust valves too. These are a little trickier to get to due to them being at the back, but with some feeler gauges you can bend into place, its a bit easier!
Then your done, put it all back together.
It is pretty simple, but i am really crap at explaining things! :lol:
But i tried, so hope that is of a little bit of help!
If i did miss anything out, or anyone disagrees with anything i have done, i am sure they wil speak up.
Hope that helps a little
