[Vwdiesel] homemade valve compressor
Erik Lane
erikjlane at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 24 15:14:18 EST 2004
--- Bart Wineland <bwinelan at allegheny.edu> wrote:
First off, that looks like a good tool! Well done!
(tho I don't have any experience having to pull valves
on these - I have taken a couple heads to be rebuilt
and let them do it.)
> replaced. Tonight I should be able to finish up. I
> checked the valves for
> any lateral play in the guides and can feel the
> slightest play in the
> exhaust valves but barely anything in the intakes so
> I am hoping the guides
> are ok.
Unfortunately it sounds like your head needs attention
- those valve guides need replacing. The general rule
is if you can feel the slop by hand then it's over the
limits. So I doubt that the new seals will last long -
the valves just have too much play. At this point that
you've already gone to the trouble to make up the tool
and have most of them replaced I wouldn't blame you to
try it anyway.
Sorry - I hate being the bearer of bad news.
Erik
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