[Vwdiesel] Diagnosis

[Nate Wall]

You should have this too:

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--Nate
--- Nate Wall <natewall1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Keep this in mind if you go to all that trouble:
>
> I easily replaced the valve guides too (about $2
> each!) and the guide seals and lapped the valves
> (they
> were fine). The guides were basically trashed they
> were so worn at 200,000 miles. You do need an 8MM
> valve guide installation drift (about $14) (and of
> course the proper valve spring compressor). I used a
> 1/4 inch drive socket on a nut driver attachment and
> a
> claw hammer to R & R the guides, no kidding! Do one
> valve at a time to avoid mixups. The valve
> clearances
> were still the same too! No reaming of the guides
> were
> required.
>
> --Nate
> --- Gavrik Peterson <gavrik at cablespeed.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the diagnosis and information.
> >
> > To be complete, I may still perform the test for
> > combustion gases in
> > the coolant, but it looks quite certain that a
> leak
> > exists in the head
> > gasket.
> >
> > I think I will go ahead and remove the head and
> find
> > out what is going
> > on.  I am telling myself that this is an
> opportunity
> > to work on some
> > other stuff that needs attention, such as
> replacing
> > the valve stem
> > seals.
> >
> >
> > Gavrik Peterson
> >
> >
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