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| Petepat |
 Dec 24 2025, 10:01 AM
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Hi, a simple question (maybe!), can you remove/replace the pushrods on a 1.7L engine without having to take the engine out?
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| 930cabman |
Dec 24 2025, 10:07 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,391 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States 
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QUOTE(Petepat @ Dec 24 2025, 11:01 AM)  Hi, a simple question (maybe!), can you remove/replace the pushrods on a 1.7L engine without having to take the engine out? If I recall correctly, yes Is there something wrong with the pushrods? |
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| Jack Standz |
Dec 24 2025, 06:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 635 Joined: 15-November 19 From: Happy Place (& surrounding area) Member No.: 23,644 Region Association: None
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Yes. But in some cases you will likely need to remove some pushrod tubes because the pushrod may not clear the chasis (depending on the type of pushrods, like steel versus stock aluminum, etc.).
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| Superhawk996 |
Dec 24 2025, 07:56 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,597 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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IMHO the question isn’t can you . . . But should you.
The 914 as is the case with almost all mid-engine vehicles is not designed to have major work done with the engine in the vehicle. Removing push rods is major work. |
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| Dave_Darling |
Dec 25 2025, 01:17 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,308 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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You can, and it's not that hard. With some of them, you have to pull the pushrod tube out of the case and tilt the inboard end downward to slide the pushrod out. Those are ones that won't come all the way out because the suspension console is in the way.
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| Petepat |
Dec 25 2025, 05:26 AM
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QUOTE(Petepat @ Dec 24 2025, 11:01 AM) Hi, a simple question (maybe!), can you remove/replace the pushrods on a 1.7L engine without having to take the engine out? Thanks guys for your feedback, it's very helpful and I ask because my mechanic when adjusting the tappets for me said that he thought one pushrod might be a little bent because he couldn't get the right gap. There also seems to be a clanking noise on starting up which goes after a minute or less, sounds dodgy to me? |
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| fixer34 |
Dec 25 2025, 07:00 PM
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Not dodgy, but not correct either. I think a pushrod would have to be bent quite a bit to not allow the valve gap to be set. The clanking on startup is a bit more worrisome. By some chance were hydraulic lifters installed in that engine?
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| TheCabinetmaker |
Dec 25 2025, 07:35 PM
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I drive my car everyday Group: Members Posts: 8,359 Joined: 8-May 03 From: Tulsa, Ok. Member No.: 666 |
QUOTE(fixer34 @ Dec 25 2025, 08:00 PM) Not dodgy, but not correct either. I think a pushrod would have to be bent quite a bit to not allow the valve gap to be set. The clanking on startup is a bit more worrisome. By some chance were hydraulic lifters installed in that engine? This is my thought also |
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