What should I do if my engine valve is not moving?
Every valve spring should move up and down with regular rhythm. A valve spring that does not move, chatters or moves intermittently indicates a sticking valve. Remove the spark plug wires from each cylinder with the spark plug wire removal tool. Keep the plug wires in the proper order and location.
What causes a valve to stick in an engine?
Valve stems sit in long tubular guides that provide a track for them to move up and down in. The camshaft lifts and drops the valves singularly, or they have rocker arms, springs, lifters and push rods to assist them. Sometimes valve stick open or closed, causing an engine miss.
How are intake and exhaust valves open and closed?
Every engine has intake and exhaust valves. Valves open to intake fuel or expel exhaust. They close when their cycle completes. Valve stems sit in long tubular guides that provide a track for them to move up and down in. The camshaft lifts and drops the valves singularly, or they have rocker arms, springs, lifters and push rods to assist them.
What causes a valve to close on an engine?
They close when their cycle completes. Valve stems sit in long tubular guides that provide a track for them to move up and down in. The camshaft lifts and drops the valves singularly, or they have rocker arms, springs, lifters and push rods to assist them. Sometimes valve stick open or closed, causing an engine miss.
Every valve spring should move up and down with regular rhythm. A valve spring that does not move, chatters or moves intermittently indicates a sticking valve. Remove the spark plug wires from each cylinder with the spark plug wire removal tool. Keep the plug wires in the proper order and location.
Valve stems sit in long tubular guides that provide a track for them to move up and down in. The camshaft lifts and drops the valves singularly, or they have rocker arms, springs, lifters and push rods to assist them. Sometimes valve stick open or closed, causing an engine miss.
They close when their cycle completes. Valve stems sit in long tubular guides that provide a track for them to move up and down in. The camshaft lifts and drops the valves singularly, or they have rocker arms, springs, lifters and push rods to assist them. Sometimes valve stick open or closed, causing an engine miss.
How do you check a stuck valve on a straight six engine?
Remove the single valve cover in the case of a four-cylinder or straight-six engine. Disconnect the main coil wire, or the plug wires at the coil pack location. Have an assistant crank the engine over. Watch all of the valve springs on the head for movement. Every valve spring should move up and down with regular rhythm.