>>is 2007 Accent valve-lash at all adjustable?<<

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hey all,

Sorry if this line of questioning seems uninformed. I just purchased a
2007 Accent for my wife and it seems to me that the valve-train is
kind of noisey, at least somewhat louder than I'm used to with my
previous cars. I don't see any requirement in the car's maintenance
schedule for a valve adjustment so I assume the valves are supposed to
be self-adjusting. I'm not at all familiar with the way the
"continously variable valve timing" mechanism works...maybe all CVVT
lifter configurations are self-adjusting? I have no clue.

If mildly tapping valve lifters is something I just have to live with,
I can do that, but if there is an initial adjustment that I can do to
quiet them down before the engine gets too many miles on it then I'd
like to know about it. Otherwise, I expect that I'll be forced to
visit the dealer at some point to have prematurely worn lifters
replaced. Thus-far I've had no luck finding any information on the net
that can shed any light on this subject. I'll soon be purchasing a
shop manual (if the dealer does not continually claim it is out of
stock like the dealer did on my last new car) and I figure I can most
likely get the info I need out of that, but until then, I hate to
drive the car, setting up a wear-pattern on the lifters that will make
them permanently noisey, with complete replacement being the only
alternative.

Please don't advise me to talk to a dealer about this...I'm very sure
the dealer does not have my best interests in mind when it comes to
service work, and I don't expect they'll be sharing any technical
info.

I'd greatly appreciate any little bit of information that might shed
some light on this subject.

TIA!!
 
I don't recall whether the lifters are solid or self-adjusting, and I
wasn't at work today to be able to check the manual. Additionally, I'm on
Mac, so I cannot look at the website. But if you have Internet Explorer
and a regular PC, you can. The website is www.hmaservice.com, and you'll
need to register for a free account. What's better, it's probably all the
service manual you'll ever need.
 
I don't recall whether the lifters are solid or self-adjusting, and I
wasn't at work today to be able to check the manual. Additionally, I'm on
Mac, so I cannot look at the website. But if you have Internet Explorer
and a regular PC, you can. The website is www.hmaservice.com, and you'll
need to register for a free account. What's better, it's probably all the
service manual you'll ever need.
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Thanks for the reply, hyundaitech. Someone else had told me about that
site and I had went there and got an account the other day, but I
forgot that I needed to download the Adobe viewer, and when I went
there I didn't think too much of the site.. But after you mentioned it
here I went back there and noticed that I needed the viewer, so I
downloaded and installed it and I was very happy to see what looks to
be the entire shop manual for our new Accent available there. From
that information I was able to determine that the lifters in our new
Accent are non-adjustable, but not so difficult to replace once they
wear out. I guess I'll just have to get used to a noisier engine...not
a huge deal.

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction so that I could
find the information I needed, and many thanks to Hyundai for
offering that great public information site. Such openness is
truly unique to the auto industry, and will do nothing but build
customer loyalty.
 
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