[Vwdiesel] Valve shims (those round discs)

[H .Hagar]

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I am doing a 1.5L NA right now (today) and  Tyler Backman was smoked out of=
 his garage just in time ---with Headbolts.This is my first attempt to INST=
ALL a headgasket.Took many apart. So if someone would be kind to step forwa=
rd with some solid experience on valve clearance ---Hagar long for the old =
boxwrench and screwdriver days. Yes I did the rethread route and I have Ben=
tley VRD4. Here are the numbers in thou  --Intake (cold) #1 6 thou #2 6 tho=
u # 3 20 thou # 4 3 thou.   ---and so on.  Question : is 3 thou ok for hot =
running on intake valves ?.   Have ordered Headgasket 4 notch --should be h=
ere soon..Found one hole in block with hard packed crud in hole ,no room fo=
r crud as far as I can see.Holes sure are shallow.    Hagar.
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