[Vwdiesel] low compression

[Chris Geiser]

Bryan;

I think you may have hit the issue - checked with my old feeler gauge, the
valve gaps are too tight.  So I'll get the valves adjusted to where they're
supposed to be and see what happens.

I've never adjusted valves - I seem to remember someone mentioning a "kit"
that has different thicknesses of shims?  Or was that someone wishing that
there were such a thing?
Also - do you remove the cam shaft to take out the shims, or is there a way
of weaseling them out without cam removal?
And if the valve gap is too low, do you find the feeler that fits, then take
the shim out and do some math to figure out the correct shim, or is it just
trial and error of what to put in?

Thanks again all,

Chris






On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Bryan Belman <dieselwesty at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Is this a mechanical head?  If yes, get out the feeler guages.  Do a valve
> /
> lifter adjustment on the head with the shims.
> That could be part of the low compression issue, rather easy to do I guess.
>
>