Valve adjust, How often do you do it? Options

[Yoei66]

I've put about 4000 miles on my 1.8 since I purchased & had the valves adjusted. Is it about time for another? How often do you adjust the valves on your 914-4's?

[dmenche914]

keep a record of the before and after cleanence. If you find over a period of time that one or more valves need bigger adjustments, then make you adjustment period more frequent, if you find a steady state over a period of time, it could be argued you can extend the adjustment cycle a bit. however thimgs can still suddenly change, so i would still go no more than 4-5 k miles. I generally hit the valves at 3-4 k miles, more often on my cars that tend to have the clearnace change faster, less on cars that are more stable, but do NOT neglect it. Engine damage can result, poor perfomance etc... Let them completely go, and you can trash the motor fast.

again a record of what they are before each adjustment is a good thing to keep
It will give you a heads up if things are starting to go bad (ie time for a valve job)

good luck