How to Indentify Sodium filled Exhaust valve.

[Ti Kan]

Pat Korach writes:
> Are all sodium filled exhaust valves for the 5000 series indentified
> the same ?  I have a head I go off of my old 84T and I think they
> may not be sodium filled.  They have a 1/4" circle indent in the
> center of the valves like my 86 5000S's.  My 87TQ exhaust
> valves have a 1/16" indent.  I would tend to believe that the head
> was replaced on the 84T with a non turbo head.  Am I correct on
> not?

The stock '84 5000S turbo (KH engine, 2144cc) has sodium filled exhaust
valves.  I don't know whether your cyl head is original or not, though.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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