Q: valve clearance adjustment

asked by on January 24, 2018

who can do a valve clearance adjustment on a 2008 Honda Civic SI in houston tx? thank you

My car has 100000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

Hi Irvin. Thanks for contacting us tonight. The best place to have your valves adjusted would be a Honda specialist private mechanic shop. We really don’t know anyone in particular in the Houston area that we’d recommend, but you can request an estimate to have one of our experienced mechanics come to your location to complete this service for you if you’d like.

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