13B-T Valve adjustment? (1 Viewer)

[MyCruiserisaHogBeast]

Hey all! Now that I have registration handled I'm focusing on getting my BJ74 in top running condition.

The 13B-T runs great. It's a little grumpy when you first wake it up, after you finally get it warmed up it idles happily at like 550-600. I did a full fuel system hot soak and it really cleaned things up, no smoke got a pump in power and a mile per gallon it looks like.

So my question here is valve adjustment. How often should they be done on these motors? On my F motors I did them every few oil changes. What's the process like? Very little info on search, although I did find clearances.

Thanks!

 

[Hulsty]

Probably 70K since my last valve adjustment, dont see any need to do it again soon.

 

[duncanrm]

The specification for the 3B engine as fitted to the BJ60 Landcruisers is every 24,000klms.. probably overkill. My 2H gets done about every 100,000klms

 

[AussieHJCruza]

Bump the idle speed up a bit and you might find she's a bit happier, spec is 650 IIRC, the 4 pots especially are a lot smoother idling a little higher.

 

[FJBen]

Hey all! Now that I have registration handled I'm focusing on getting my BJ74 in top running condition.

The 13B-T runs great. It's a little grumpy when you first wake it up, after you finally get it warmed up it idles happily at like 550-600. I did a full fuel system hot soak and it really cleaned things up, no smoke got a pump in power and a mile per gallon it looks like.

So my question here is valve adjustment. How often should they be done on these motors? On my F motors I did them every few oil changes. What's the process like? Very little info on search, although I did find clearances.

Thanks!

13BT service manual:

from my BJ74 owners manual. Adjust every 20,000km

 

[MyCruiserisaHogBeast]

That answers that! Thank you sir!

13BT service manual:

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from my BJ74 owners manual. Adjust every 20,000km

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