Mitsubishi 6M70 Cylinder Head Parts Page and Valve Train Parts Page, Valve Adjustment Procedure and Valve Lash Clearance page 1 of 7 Mitsubishi 6M70 Inspection and Adjustment of Valve Clearances Service standards
Location –
Maintenance item Valve clearance (when engine is cold)
Standard value
Limit
Remedy
Intake side
0.4 MM / .016 Inch
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Adjust
Exhaust side
0.6 MM / .025 Inch
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Adjust
Tightening torque Mark
Parts to be tightened
Tightening torque
Remarks
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Lock nut (valve bridge adjusting screw tightening)
68 Nm { 7 kgfm } 50 Ft Lbs
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Lock nut (rocker arm adjusting screw tightening)
60 Nm { 6 kgfm } 44 Ft Lbs
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• Valve clearances should be checked and adjusted as follows while the engine is still cold.
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5
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[Inspection] • Remove the rocker cover. • Bring the No. 1 or No. 6 cylinder piston to the top dead center (TDC) on the compression stroke according to the following procedure: • Crank the engine until the pointer is aligned with the “1 6” mark on the flywheel. • This will place either the No. 1 or No. 6 cylinder piston at TDC on the compression stroke. The cylinder in which the rocker arms for both the intake and exhaust valves can be pushed down by hand by the valve clearance amounts has its piston at TDC. Rotate the engine by one full turn to switch the TDCs of the No. 1 and No. 6 cylinder pistons. • With the No. 1 or No. 6 cylinder piston at TDC, measure the clearance of the valves (clearance between valve bridge and pad) marked with a circle in the table below. Cylinder No. Valve
1
2
3
4
5
6
IN EX IN EX IN EX IN EX IN EX IN EX
No. 1 cylinder piston at TDC on O compression stroke
O
O
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–
O
O
–
–
O
–
–
No. 6 cylinder piston at TDC on compression stroke
–
–
O
O
–
–
O
O
–
O
O
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• Any attempt to insert a feeler gauge without first securing sufficient space, as described above, between the pad and the valve bridge will fail, as the pad will tilt as shown in the illustration, thus blocking the entry of a feeler gauge.
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