Questionis there a shim kit available for purchase somewhere?
i have 75,000 miles and would like to adjust the valves
but don't want to check valves and then get shims...
i live in no mans land and driving to dealer to
order 1-16 shims is not an option.kit would be great
chek eng lite also comes and goes weekly...
plugs,filters,eng & atf fluids were just changed
the vehicle seems to run well...20-22 mpg in hard hills
please help if you can...thank you for your time!
sincerley, thomas swenson
AnswerI don't know of any shim kits that are available, the shims are only available individually from the toyota dealer, there are about 30 different thicknesses and they are not cheap( about $8.00 each)the valve clearances have to be checked and the ones that are out of adjustment the shims have to be removed and measured and then calculated what thickness is needed to come up with the correct setting, very time consuming. I would like to offer the following advice, I have seen lots of tight valves on this engine which causes a misfire, this probably why the check engine light comes on. Do a compression test and see which cylinder is low, this is the one that has the tight valve, you can then concentrate on that particular cylinder, it's normally cyl#1, the rest should be ok, then check the #1 valve clearances and remove the ones that are too tight and go from there, you may only need two shims since only the exhaust valves tend to go tight.
