Valve Adjustment

[Absolutely Red 12]

Originally Posted by peckerhead

I can tell my valve adjustment needs to be set, because I can hear kind of a funky idle after I get it hot.

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.

Have you considered a bad VVT solenoid?

Check your clearances first, at the cost of a valve cover gasket,
You might be surprised.

There are 35 not 50, and they run $12 a piece not $25.