Valves

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Rickydering
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Post 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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BenHar
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Post Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:05 pm

M10: https://www.e30zone.net/e30wiki/index.php?title=M10
M40: https://www.e30zone.net/e30wiki/index.php?title=M40

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martauto
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Post 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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rix313
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Post 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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