Ua haki anei ka uhi o ka valve?
Ma keʻano laulā, aia kekahi mau kumu no ka hōʻino ʻia ʻana o ka gasket uhi valve. ʻO ka mua, ua wehe ʻia ka bolt, ʻo ka lua, ua pahū ka mīkini, ʻo ke kolu, ʻo ka māwae o ka uhi valve, a ʻo ka hā, ua hōʻino ʻia ka gasket uhi valve a i ʻole ʻaʻole i uhi ʻia me ka sealant.
I ka wā o ke kaomi ʻana o ka ʻenekini, e kahe ana kahi wahi liʻiliʻi o ke kinoea i ka crankcase ma waena o ka paia cylinder a me ke apo piston, a e piʻi aʻe ke kaomi o ka crankcase i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa. I kēia manawa, hoʻohana ʻia ka valve ea crankcase e alakaʻi i kēia ʻāpana o ke kinoea i ka manifold intake a hanu iā ia i loko o ke keʻena kuni no ka hoʻohana hou ʻana. Inā ua ālai ʻia ka valve ea crankcase, a i ʻole ua nui loa ka hakahaka ma waena o ke apo piston a me ka paia cylinder, e hopena ana i ka nui o ke kahawai ea a me ke kaomi crankcase kiʻekiʻe, e liki ke kinoea i waho ma nā wahi me ka sila nāwaliwali, e like me ka gasket uhi valve, nā sila ʻaila mua a me hope o ka crankshaft, e hopena ana i ka liki ʻana o ka ʻaila ʻenekini.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻopili i ka mea sila, e hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻūmiʻi, a ʻaʻole i māwae a ʻano ʻē paha ka uhi o ka valve, hōʻike ia ua maikaʻi ka uhi o ka valve. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kahi lula a me kahi ana mānoanoa (feeler gauge) e ana i ka palahalaha o ka uhi valve e ʻike ai inā ʻaʻole ia e ʻano ʻē.