How to adjust valves on 1988 Chevy 350 small block v8?   I tried
following the repair procedure in the chilton's repair manual
but now the engine has a distinct ticking sound coming from the
engine valve cover area that I did notice before. The repair
started with replacing the valve seals because of a lot of smoke
during initial start up that eventually went away after running
the truck for a few minutes.  Post Answer       Rick, bit of a
pain and can get messy :"  1. Warm-up the engine and remove a
valve cover.  2. Restart the engine and let it idle (as slow as
possible to prevent massive amounts of oil splashing around)  3.
Loosen an adjuster nut until the lifter clacks. Go a bit more so
that the lifter can fill itself with oil. SLOWLY turn the nut
back down until the clack diminishes then stops.  4. Go 1/4 more
turn and move on to then next valve.  5. Do this for all 8
valves then go back and turn them ALL down 1/4 more turn each.
6. Do this one more time so that you have a full 3/4 turn of
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