[Vwdiesel] homemade valve compressor

[gary]

That may well be true, but the valve slop test is supposed to be done
with a 'new' valve in the guide.

Still, I don't see how valve seals could cause his horrendous oil
problem.

I've had a Rabbit where I could literally move the valve head a good
3/32in side-to-side (old valve, old guide) and didn't burn a drop of
oil.

Bart, while the VC is off, snake a wire down all (four of them?) of the
oil drains to be sure they are clear.


-Gary 

On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 15:14, Erik Lane wrote:
> --- 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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