How 'interference' are the 12v engines?

[Mark R]

I think mine is also Hazet, but you can try OTC.  I bet Schley makes one.

It's used on all of the newer VAG cars that I've had to remove a head on
(not many), so a worthwhile purchase.

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> I understand completely, I've done some pretty interesting things
> myself over the years. Thankfully, they were all on my own cars!
>
> I'd say you have a 50/50 chance of having bent valves. The easiest way
> to check is to pull the valve covers and see if there is any
> significant clearance between the cams and the lifters.
>
> If they look tight, put it all back together and you should be good to
> go. That's the same method I've used in shops for years, and only once
> did it fail me, out of probably 50 or so times. And, that once was
> slight, the car ended up with a slightly rough idle, nothing else. The
> valve was just barely bent, 110 compression in that cylinder, 150 in
> the other three.
>
> If you did bend them, 12V engines seem to be pretty cheap out there,
> as well as their parts.
>
> As for the head bolt tool, if it's the same as the 30V's, it's sort of
> like a torx, but the teeth are square, as opposed to tapered like a
> torx. I have one of them, it's a Hazet tool. You cam probably get one
> off ebay if you need.
>
> Tony
>
> >
> > Any thoughts?  Similar unsavory experiences?  Spare AFC heads  (cheap)
> for
> > sale?
> >
> > Also, does anybody know what tool I need to loosen the head bolts?   They
> > appear to have a 6-point torx-like pattern on the top of the bolt (male
>  end) so
> > that the correct socket would be a female torx-like apparatus.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom
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