Valves

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Rickydering
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Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:55 pm

Hi thare I'm haveing problems working out if my engine is a m10 or a m40 . It's a 3181 87 reg . This is due to my car taping all the time so I believe its the valves need adjusting is this somthing I can do at home . As i have been told it depend on the engine if i can do it my self . If some can help it would be amazing pls
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Fri Nov 13, 2020 2:55 pm

Welcome to the zone mate and have a look at what Ben say`s, also check out the "wiki".

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Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:43 pm

A quick google search for photos of an M10 and M40 would tell you :) They are quite obviously different so sure you’ll figure it out quickly enough.
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