okay i'm trying tio adjust my valves 1.6rr. i'm using a remote starter switch. i missed TDC on the first valve so as i'm going through the valves i noticed they stop wanting to go up. it makes a clicking sound. i removed all the belts/blower belt from the crank. the car has sat for alittle over a week. now what is going on with the valves not wanting tp open up? the nut and poly locks are lose as crap, so they aren't holding anything back. do i have to much compression sitting in the motor since the car has sat and the rcokers not being pumped up? should i pull all the spark plugs?

 

Is your engine turning i.e.is the battery strong enough?

Each valve that you adjust has to be closed, so are you using the method used to put each lifter on the base circle of the cam lobe?

What method are you using to adjust the valves?

 

the battery is showing charged on my charger... i'm using the remote starter way of turning the car over.. should i have the car in neutral? it almost sounds like maybe the starter runs out of power or something? after clicking the buttom acouple times you can hear the starter, i think get weak.. i'm using shoeboxes remote starter method. we you just watch the valve open and adjust from there.

 

i meant when not we - i watch the valve open. also should i have the ignition key turned on/forward? for the remote starter tool to work right..

 

A4 in Park
M-6 in Neutral
Coil Wire off
Brakes set

EOIC (exh starts to open, adjust intake)
(intake all the way open and half closed, adjust exhaust).

Sounds to me like your battery or your connections are bad.
If you have good contacts and the battery is good, the engine should bump over easily. When you have a bad connection, sometimes as soon as you start to pull some juice the bad connections will act like the battery is dead or low. JMHO

 

so maybe the wires are lose where i connected the the remote start or a bad ground somewhere?

 

Exactly.

 

well the battery is good for sure i know. now the first time i plug the trigger the engine turns over and rockers move. then when i try it again it gets to weak for them to turn over and sounds like a dead battery or starter. the starter is new and has only seen acouple hrs of running time if that. so i don't think the starter itself is bad..

 

Well if the battery is good (for my money, a battery that is not new and of good quality and fully charged---it is NOT good)

Having said that, if you are sure that the car is in park, the coil wire is off and the brakes are on and it is "safe" to get under---do a direct connect with your remote (or use a jumper wire (8 or 10 gauge) and connect or touch it to the 2 terminals on the starter and see if it turns ove like it should.

Remember, whenever you get under that car to make sure you are completely safe----I mean it!

I'm certain it is just a bad connection or a bad battery.

 

hmm wonder why the charger would show the battery has a good charge? if it was bad? its lunch time -haha. so i will check out the wires/remote starter connections again maybe something came lose? starter or battery have to be the only issue hear. by the way i have no spark plugs wires even on the motor. trying to adjustthe valves so i can bolt up my Delteq system. also thanks for caring, i'm safe when under the car. . so if the battery has sat for a week it should show a low charge? since mine doesn't that means it could be bad?

 

99% of starting failures are do to bad batteries or connections. If a battery is not used, especially an old battery, for even a week or so, it might have enough juice to turn the lights on, but not enough to power the starter to turn the crank. Running a car to charge a battery is not good enough to charge it up. If when you are sure that the remote starter or jumper wire does not get enough juice to do the job, then I would seriously consider getting a new battery, espcially if your battery is anywhere near the end of its warrantied life. Make sure those battery terminals are clean and tight and likewise for the cables. A dirty cable connect or battery terminal will result in loss of power being transferred the moment you put any drain on it.

If you have an ohm meter you might also check to see if when you pull the trigger on the remote starter and hook the meter between the two wires on the remote starter that you have no resistance, i.e, it's working.
(if when/if you jump the starter with a jumper wire it works, then you know you have a bad remote starter.

 

all the wires and connections are tight and clean, must be the battery i think i have had it for two years and it doesn't see much action.... so maybe being all the battery tender it kinda hurt it? going to autozone to have the battery tested.. the remote starter is brand new so i no thats not it. wish me luck..

 

Autozone said a hr to charge the battery and its free replacement if its bad so thats cool.. it is almost three years old by the way.

 

Get a new, good quality battery. JMHO

 

they said it had a low charge and charged it and test came out good. the car is working perfect now. not sure as to why the battery tender didn't fix this problem? maybe its not strong enough? now i just hope i know what i'm doing with adjusting the valves- haha. i think i'm doing it right, they might end up being maybe alittle loose.