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Importance of valve adjustment tohatsu 4hp 4 stroke

little8

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"CAN ANYONE CHIME IN ON IMPORT

"CAN ANYONE CHIME IN ON IMPORTANCE OF ADJUSTING VALVES ON TOHATSU 4HP 4STROKE. BOUGHT NEW IN SUMMER OF 2009, HAVE HAD A LOT OF USE OOUT OF IT.
CRUSING UP AND DOWN IN INTRA COASTAL SO FLA. BUT
MANUAL STATES , ADJUST VALVES AT FIRST 20 HRS. I
DIDNT WANT TO DO THIS BEACUSE RUNS FINE AND I DONT
WANT TO MONKEY WITH THE VALVES MYSELF !!!! TALKED
TO MECHANIC'S AND ALL WANT APROX. $100.00 HR FOR
THE JOB..... I WOULD LIKE TO USE IT FOR SAY TWO
YEARS AT MOST BEFORE REPAIR SHOP PARTY !! THANKS FOR ANY REPLIES !!!!!!!"
 
Its more of a check valve adju

Its more of a check valve adjustment at 20 hours than a adjust valves. The idea being to catch a problem before it can cause damage. One out of a thousand might need to be adjusted. Are you that one?
 
"THANKS T GRU FOR REPLYING SO

"THANKS T GRU FOR REPLYING SO I HAVE WAITIED ALMOST A YEAR TO START THINKING ABOUT HAVING VALVE COVER PULLED 100.00 SHOP PARTY I KNOW THAT. IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO KNOW ? IS THIS A COMMON THING TO PAY A SHOP WITH A NEW MOTOR. I HATE TO THINK, BUT WHAT COULD GO WRONG DOWN THE ROAD ? I WOULD LIKE TO ALEAST WAIT TWO YEARS SAY, AND HAVE IMPELLER THEROSTAT AND VALVES CHECKED THEN. NEXT MOTOR WILL BE A 2 STOKE LIKE MY OLD ESKA MOTOR 7.5 GAMEFISHER ...RAN FOREVER IN SALTWATER AND I RARLEY EVER DID ANYTHING TO IT SOLD IT STILL RUNNING WERE TALKING 1980'S PLEASE TELL ME MORE ALSO I HAVE THINGS TO OFFER . I FOUND THAT TOHATSU HAD THE PLUG WIRE CRIMPED TO HARD ON CLAMP AND RUBBED AGAINST CLAMP BOLT UNTIL MADE A HOLE IN WIRE SHEATH !!!! I NOTICED IN TIME AND REARANGED CLAMP !!! MORE TO FOLLOW......."
 
I don't know of anyone who

I don't know of anyone who bothers to check valves on little engines. Should they? Yes. It's just economically feasible to pay someone to do it on that size engine. Could something go wrong down the road? Of course. Likely? No. Two-stroke engine haven't been available for years so you are stuck with four-stroke technology.
 
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