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Originally Posted by RatherDashing
i did this to all the cylinders. cranking it to ea one. it was mixed results. some were tighter than others and i had to turn the locknuts quite a bit. and a few others were too loose.most were too tight.
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The first time I adjusted the valves (on my old Accord), I noticed all of them were too tight.
Turns out I was wrong--they were correct or close to it, and my interpretation of how the feeler gauge was supposed to feel in the gap was wrong. The car just barely ran after I was done. A buddy came over and set one valve for me, and I was able to check the gap and get an idea of how the gauge was supposed to feel in the gap. It sounds like you may have done the same thing--it's difficult to say just from reading.
That's why I
always recommend that the first time anyone does a valve adjust, that they get someone who has done it before to help out.
No idea on the cam pulley marks. On earlier cars, they used the same pulley on several different motors, and the marks on those are used differently depending on which motor you actually have. Not sure about your year, though.
-soD