[Vwdiesel] re: *help* - '93 EV jumped timing

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

>Not sure if a small magnetic lifting/ recovery tool would magnetize a lifter
>enough to be a threat, or if the constant whacking from the cam would
>demagnetize it just as quickly.


  It's reasonably common practice when adjusting valves (on the earlier 
engines) to use a magnet to lif out the "hockey pucks."  Never saw a 
related problem from it and the filter SHOULD be catching the steel 
particles, I'd hope. 
     Loren