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Old 01-30-2008   #19 (permalink)
markbvt
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I wouldn't trust them to have done the valve adjustment right. If I were you I'd pull the valve cover and check the clearances myself (checking them is easy, it's adjusting them that's a pain).

Generally speaking, I just don't trust dealership service departments. I do all my own work, even on vehicles that are under warranty (I just log it all and keep receipts).

Of course, so far I've had great luck and haven't needed to do anything major. My Bonneville hasn't even needed a valve adjustment yet (and has over 20k miles on it now). It'll probably need one at 24k, and I'll either do it myself or take it to my friend John's shop -- he's an independent mechanic and actually knows what he's doing.

--mark
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