Verification of valve adjustments

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I opened up the engine to check the valve clearances and would like you to help verify the numbers so that it get the right shims installed. I'm especially thinking about the following:
  • No. 3 intake is apparently very tight.
  • I'm a little annoyed that there are no number on the shims for cylinder no. 2, but as they are in-spec it's not really an issue (right now).
  • Even though 5 valves are out of spec I should only replace 3 of the shims? Is this right?
I hope all numbers were entered correctly, here it goes:

Cylinder #1
INTAKE
Clearance: 0.09 mm
Shim: 280
New shim: 275

EXHAUST
Clearance: 0.19 mm
Shim: 275
New shim: 275 270 (I'm curious why the same size is recommended by the shim table? Should I not replace it?)

Cylinder #2
INTAKE
Clearance: 0.14 mm
Shim: ? (no number on the shim, measured it as a 276. It is is in-spec anyway...)
New shim: -

EXHAUST
Clearance: 0.21 mm
Shim: ? (no number on the shim, measured it as a size 277. It is is in-spec anyway...)
New shim: -

Cylinder #3
INTAKE
Clearance: ? (the smallest blade I had was 0.04 mm and it would not slide in, so less than 0.04 mm)
Shim: 272
New shim: 260 (assuming clearance is at least 0.00 mm)

EXHAUST
Clearance: 0.19 mm
Shim: 275
New shim: 275 270 (again... why is the same size shim recommended?)

Cylinder #4
INTAKE
Clearance: 0.10 mm
Shim: 282
New shim: 275

EXHAUST
Clearance: 0.25 mm
Shim: 268
New shim: -
Last edited by cake on Thu Apr 14, 2016 3:32 pm, edited 3 times in total.

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