Valve Adjustment - Toyota Yaris Forums

peckerhead · 01-20-2013, 09:41 PM

I've got a 2007 with about 120k on it. I bought it a year ago with 93k on it, and it's was a former corporate car from around the Chicago area. I do probably 99% highway driving. I can tell my valve adjustment needs to be set, because I can hear kind of a funky idle after I get it hot. It's not cause for alarm yet, but I need to address it soon.

I'm an auto tech, and I've looked into this a little bit. Looks like there are something like 50 different length lifters available from Toyota, and the only way to figure out what you need it to measure your clearances, determine the change to be made, pull the cams, and measuring your existing lifters. The lifters are $25 each from the dealer, and they get $500 to do the job if they need to replace one only.

It doesn't look like too much trouble, but I need to figure out how I can live without my car for a week while I wait for the lifters to be shipped. It's annoying. Whoever came up with this abomination needs to be slapped. Hard.

There's a local guy selling a used 1.5 with the lower oil pan wiped out. I'm considering picking it up for the lifters. Maybe I can use one or several of them.

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01-20-2013, 09:41 PM	#16
peckerhead Drives: 2007 Yaris hatch Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 11	I've got a 2007 with about 120k on it. I bought it a year ago with 93k on it, and it's was a former corporate car from around the Chicago area. I do probably 99% highway driving. I can tell my valve adjustment needs to be set, because I can hear kind of a funky idle after I get it hot. It's not cause for alarm yet, but I need to address it soon. I'm an auto tech, and I've looked into this a little bit. Looks like there are something like 50 different length lifters available from Toyota, and the only way to figure out what you need it to measure your clearances, determine the change to be made, pull the cams, and measuring your existing lifters. The lifters are $25 each from the dealer, and they get $500 to do the job if they need to replace one only. It doesn't look like too much trouble, but I need to figure out how I can live without my car for a week while I wait for the lifters to be shipped. It's annoying. Whoever came up with this abomination needs to be slapped. Hard. There's a local guy selling a used 1.5 with the lower oil pan wiped out. I'm considering picking it up for the lifters. Maybe I can use one or several of them.