They were removed and now there's just so much play between the valves and the rocker arm.
#Any particular reason why there's this much gap on my intake rocker arms?
mellow night
light parrot
Is the camshaft like... There?
balmy blaze
They were removed and now there's just so much play between the valves and the r...
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why were they removed?
and who removed/installed them
and yeah does it have a camshaft
mellow night
Is the camshaft like... There?
I mean, when I turn the engine, the rocker arm still moves and presses down on the valve
balmy blaze
well then I guess something's there
mellow night
why were they removed?
I was replacing the whole cylinder head. When my friend took the "new" cylinder head from a junk car, he took the intake rocker arms off to get better access to the cylinder head bolts
light parrot
I was replacing the whole cylinder head. When my friend took the "new" cylinder ...
Oh dear. That's so extremely not needed
mellow night
Yep. Oh well, now to find out why this is the case lmao. Any ideas?
And I wondered why the car wouldn't start lmao
balmy blaze
And I wondered why the car wouldn't start lmao
probably because the valves aren't opening at all
pale sigil
Does it have VVL? If so youve got the spring on the wrong way
Pretty sure it doesnt but its sorta a shit angle
mellow night
It does have VVL, it's an ej253 I believe. I have two cylinder heads, when I put the rocker arm on the old cylinder head, it fits perfectly, very little play on the rocker arm. When I put it on the new one, there's just this massive gap between the rocker arm and valves.
pale sigil
Are both heads vvl?
Sounds like one of the engines is a non vvl 253 and the other is vvl
Or one was labelled as a 253 but is actually a 251
light parrot
Inb4 someone pulled parts from a 2005
quiet hedge
Send pics of both cylinder heads and their markings
mellow night
Send pics of both cylinder heads and their markings
Sorry for the delay, I went to bed lol. Here are pictures. Right is the rocker arm from the old cylinder head. Left is from the new one.
the cylinder head on the floor is the old cylinder head, the one in the car is the "new" / one from a junk car.
mellow night
Inb4 someone pulled parts from a 2005
The junk car was a 2009 Legacy Wagon
my car is a 2008 Impreza Sport
To my eye, they're the exact same cylinder head, exact same rocker arm. I've also went ahead and fit both rocker arms on the old head and they both fit fine. However, both rocker arms seems to have a hard time fitting on the junk car's cylinder head, even the one that originally came with it. I remember though, when I saw it in the junk car, they fit perfectly fine before, it didn't have this gap. Maybe I'm just installing the arms wrong? Does the engine have to be in a specific orientation (TDC, BTC, etc) when installing rocker arms?
pale sigil
There should be a position where neither cylinder is in lift. You also need to make sure the springs on the rockers are disengaged, then adjust valve lash, then engage the springs again
mellow night
Just wanted to update this, here's the reason why the rocker arms weren't sitting properly.
Oily cam cap is the damaged/snapped, clean cam cap came with the original cylinder head of my car lol. Bottom right of the oily one, that bar where the rocker arms sit just snapped. Unsure why, maybe that could've been the reason why the junk car was junked. Good thing I still have the original cylinder head lol
Here's that bar, closer. Not sure how it would've snapped but it did