[urq] Removing baked injector inserts from a WX head

[Bill Bennett]

umm. Steve, has the air in my house really gotten odd enough to cause
hallucinations? or was the original post about removing stuck injector
plastic inserts from a WX cylinder head correct? not valve adjustment 101. I
was just cleaning the bath tub with some "scrub free" stuff before I opened
your mail,,,, hoping it did not make me high. Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: [urq] Removing baked injector inserts from a WX head


> ... it is a pretty simple operation really ... measure all the gaps and
> compare against specs ... for any that are out of spec you will need to
pull
> the shim, measure the thickness and replace it with one that is the
> appropriate thickness to bring the clearance into spec.  The problem you
can
> have is that if the valves wear too much you won't be able to get a shim
> thin enough.  The thing is that other marques use the same shims as Audi
> did, so don't just look at an Audi dealer ... I think it was possible to
get
> a thinner shim than the minimum Audi part from a FLAPS ...
>
> There are two special tools that make the job pretty simple ... one
> depresses the bucket and the other reaches around the cam to grip the shim
> ...
>
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> >   Anybody have any advice on how to shim out solid lifters?
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